Age. Age classification is based on the age of the person at his or her last birthday as of March 2007. A married couple's age is defined as the age of the husband—unless he is under age 55 and the wife is 55 or older, in which case it is the age of the wife.

Aged unit. With age 55 as the cutoff, aged units are defined as married couples living together—at least one of whom is 55 or older—and nonmarried persons 55 or older.

Marital status. Married persons are married and living with their spouse. Nonmarried persons may be divorced, widowed, never married, separated, or married but living apart from their spouse.

Race. The categories White alone, Black alone, and Asian alone reflect respondents who reported only one race. Because of changes to the race category, data on race are not directly comparable to editions prior to 2002. A person's race is his or her reported race. A married couple's race is defined as the race of the husband.

Hispanic origin. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. A married couple is of Hispanic origin if the husband is of Hispanic origin.

Family. A family is a group of two or more people (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family.

Social Security beneficiary. A beneficiary may be receiving retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivor benefits, disability benefits, or transitionally insured benefits.

Per capita income. Per capita income is total family income divided by the number of persons in the family.

Relative Importance of Income Source. The relative importance of a source is the ratio of the amount of income from a given source to total income for an aged unit or family. These tables are distributions of persons or aged units by the importance of a given source at the individual unit level.

Poverty. The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to detect who is poor. If a family's total income is less than that family's threshold, then that family, and every individual in it, is considered poor. The poverty thresholds do not vary geographically, but they are updated annually for inflation with the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U). The official poverty definition counts money income before taxes and excludes capital gains and noncash benefits (such as public housing, Medicaid, and food stamps).

Government employee pensions. Government employee pensions include regular payments from federal government (civil service), military, and state or local governments.

Private pensions and annuities. Private pensions and annuities include regular payments from companies or unions, annuities or paid-up insurance policies, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), Keogh, or 401(k) payments. Nonregular (nonannuitized or lump-sum) withdrawals from IRA, Keogh, and 401(k) plans are not included as income.

Earnings. Include wages and salaries and self-employment. Wages and salaries is defined as total money earnings received for work performed as an employee during the income year. It includes wages, salary, Armed Forces pay, commissions, tips, piece-rate payments, and cash bonuses earned, before deductions are made for taxes, bonds, pensions, union dues, and so forth. Earnings for self-employed incorporated businesses are considered wage and salary. Self-employment is the combined income from farm and nonfarm self-employment.

Asset income. Includes income from interest, dividends, rent, royalties, and estates and trusts. Interest includes payments people receive (or have credited to their accounts) from bonds, treasury notes, IRAs, certificates of deposit, interest-bearing savings and checking accounts, and all other investments that pay interest. Dividends include income from stock holdings and mutual fund shares. The CPS does not include capital gains from the sale of stock holdings as income. Rents, royalties, and estates and trusts includes net income from the rental of a house, store, or other property, receipts from boarders or lodgers, net royalty income, and periodic payments from estate or trust funds.

Public Assistance. Includes Supplemental Security Income and other monetary public assistance programs. Noncash benefits are not included.

Notes

Tables

Relative Importance of Income Sources for Aged UnitsTable 8.A1 Percentage distribution of units, by source of income and age, 2006

Proportion of income

Aged 55–61

Aged 62–64

Aged 65 or older

Total

65–69

70–74

75–79

80 or older

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

15.6

33.4

74.9

52.9

71.0

81.2

93.5

1–19

1.8

4.2

4.4

5.7

5.5

5.7

1.5

20–39

2.5

5.5

4.2

6.5

5.5

3.9

1.5

40–59

4.9

8.0

5.4

10.1

6.4

3.9

1.3

60–79

8.7

9.6

5.4

11.1

6.6

2.9

1.1

80 or more

66.4

39.3

5.7

13.7

5.0

2.5

1.2

50 or more

78.2

52.7

14.0

30.7

15.0

7.1

2.9

90 or more

59.0

32.8

3.9

9.7

2.9

1.9

0.7

100

24.5

13.1

1.9

4.4

1.9

1.1

0.4

Mean proportion

74.2

50.7

13.5

28.4

14.6

7.9

3.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

87.9

76.1

53.8

60.2

50.4

42.0

47.3

Number (thousands)

16,555

5,268

26,700

7,282

5,827

5,642

7,949

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

74.4

41.3

6.5

12.8

5.5

3.9

3.1

1–19

6.5

11.0

4.5

8.5

4.4

3.0

1.9

20–39

5.4

10.1

9.2

13.9

10.9

7.2

4.9

40–59

3.1

7.1

9.8

11.5

10.1

9.3

8.4

60–79

2.1

6.5

12.2

11.7

12.1

13.2

12.2

80 or more

8.4

24.0

57.9

41.6

56.9

63.5

69.5

50 or more

11.9

34.1

75.1

58.4

73.8

81.3

86.9

90 or more

7.4

20.6

50.2

35.4

48.7

55.2

61.3

100

5.1

12.6

29.7

20.9

28.0

31.9

37.3

Mean proportion

13.5

35.5

73.0

59.3

72.5

77.9

82.2

Mean proportion (recipients only)

52.6

60.4

78.0

68.1

76.7

81.1

84.9

Number (thousands)

16,555

5,268

26,700

7,282

5,827

5,642

7,949

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

86.8

53.1

9.4

16.7

8.0

6.3

5.8

1–19

2.9

11.6

9.3

14.2

10.1

7.3

5.7

20–39

2.8

10.8

15.3

19.4

17.9

13.5

10.8

40–59

1.8

7.0

16.7

15.5

17.1

18.1

16.4

60–79

1.0

4.4

13.7

10.0

13.9

15.9

15.6

80 or more

4.7

13.1

35.6

24.2

32.9

38.8

45.8

50 or more

6.5

20.6

57.6

41.0

55.4

63.0

70.6

90 or more

4.1

11.4

29.3

20.5

26.7

31.7

37.6

100

3.4

7.9

19.6

14.6

18.4

21.0

24.2

Mean proportion

7.3

23.6

58.0

45.5

56.6

62.5

67.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

55.1

50.2

64.0

54.6

61.6

66.7

71.4

Number (thousands)

16,555

5,268

26,700

7,282

5,827

5,642

7,949

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

92.5

87.6

86.0

86.3

86.2

85.4

85.8

1–19

2.2

3.5

2.9

2.9

2.9

3.2

2.5

20–39

2.4

3.5

3.7

4.0

3.4

3.9

3.7

40–59

1.0

1.8

3.7

3.0

3.9

3.9

3.9

60–79

0.6

1.9

2.3

2.1

2.4

2.5

2.5

80 or more

1.1

1.7

1.5

1.7

1.3

1.1

1.6

50 or more

2.3

4.4

5.5

5.1

5.6

5.7

5.7

90 or more

0.9

1.1

0.9

0.9

0.7

0.5

1.2

100

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.6

Mean proportion

3.0

5.1

6.2

5.9

6.1

6.2

6.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

40.2

41.4

44.1

43.4

44.1

42.5

45.8

Number (thousands)

16,555

5,268

26,700

7,282

5,827

5,642

7,949

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

91.1

80.3

70.2

73.8

66.6

69.2

70.3

1–19

3.8

8.2

12.4

10.6

13.8

11.4

13.7

20–39

2.2

5.1

10.0

8.6

11.3

11.6

9.2

40–59

1.1

3.6

5.1

4.8

5.7

5.5

4.7

60–79

0.6

1.3

1.6

1.5

2.0

1.6

1.4

80 or more

1.2

1.5

0.7

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.7

50 or more

2.2

4.5

4.1

4.3

4.7

4.2

3.5

90 or more

1.0

1.1

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.6

100

0.5

0.8

0.3

0.5

0.3

0.1

0.4

Mean proportion

3.0

6.4

8.4

7.7

9.5

8.9

8.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

34.3

32.3

28.3

29.5

28.4

28.9

26.9

Number (thousands)

16,555

5,268

26,700

7,282

5,827

5,642

7,949

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

42.5

42.4

43.8

42.6

43.2

43.7

45.5

1–19

49.0

46.2

39.0

42.7

41.2

38.0

34.7

20–39

3.9

5.1

9.2

8.4

8.5

9.7

10.0

40–59

2.2

3.0

4.4

3.8

3.8

4.3

5.3

60–79

0.9

1.4

2.3

1.5

2.2

2.7

2.9

80 or more

1.5

1.8

1.3

1.0

1.0

1.5

1.5

50 or more

3.4

4.7

5.5

4.0

5.3

6.2

6.4

90 or more

1.3

1.5

0.8

0.6

0.7

0.9

0.9

100

1.2

1.3

0.6

0.4

0.7

0.7

0.7

Mean proportion

5.9

7.4

9.6

8.2

9.0

10.3

10.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

10.3

12.8

17.0

14.3

15.8

18.2

19.7

Number (thousands)

16,555

5,268

26,700

7,282

5,827

5,642

7,949

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

95.3

94.7

96.2

95.9

96.1

96.3

96.4

1–19

0.9

1.3

1.1

1.1

1.3

1.2

1.0

20–39

0.6

0.6

0.9

0.9

0.7

0.9

0.8

40–59

0.6

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.4

60–79

0.3

0.4

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.1

80 or more

2.2

2.7

1.3

1.5

1.3

1.0

1.3

50 or more

2.8

3.1

1.6

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.5

90 or more

2.1

2.7

1.3

1.5

1.3

1.0

1.3

100

2.0

2.5

1.2

1.4

1.2

1.0

1.3

Mean proportion

3.0

3.4

1.9

2.2

2.0

1.7

1.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

63.7

64.3

50.6

52.9

50.3

45.7

52.1

Number (thousands)

16,555

5,268

26,700

7,282

5,827

5,642

7,949

NOTES: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or food stamps) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Income Sources for Aged UnitsTable 8.A2 Percentage distribution of units, by source of income, marital status, and age, 2006

Proportion of income

Married couples

Nonmarried persons

55–61

62–64

65 or older

55–61

62–64

65 or older

Total

65–69

70–74

75–79

80 or older

Total

65–69

70–74

75–79

80 or older

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

8.0

22.4

61.6

41.4

61.1

71.7

86.6

25.8

46.0

84.4

65.6

79.7

88.2

96.1

1–19

1.6

4.5

7.2

7.7

7.2

9.5

3.6

2.2

3.8

2.4

3.5

3.9

2.9

0.7

20–39

2.8

7.2

6.7

8.4

8.1

5.6

3.0

2.1

3.6

2.4

4.4

3.1

2.6

0.8

40–59

6.5

9.6

8.2

12.5

9.2

5.6

2.4

2.7

6.1

3.3

7.5

4.0

2.5

0.9

60–79

11.3

13.6

8.0

13.9

8.3

3.9

2.1

5.3

5.0

3.5

8.0

5.2

2.1

0.7

80 or more

69.9

42.7

8.3

16.2

6.1

3.6

2.3

61.8

35.4

3.9

11.0

4.1

1.7

0.8

50 or more

85.3

60.4

21.0

37.8

19.3

10.1

5.7

68.8

43.9

9.1

22.9

11.2

4.9

1.9

90 or more

60.9

34.1

5.2

10.6

3.1

2.5

1.3

56.7

31.2

3.0

8.6

2.7

1.5

0.6

100

20.4

11.7

2.1

3.8

1.6

1.2

0.5

29.9

14.6

1.9

4.9

2.2

0.9

0.3

Mean proportion

80.0

57.8

20.2

34.6

19.1

11.4

6.0

66.5

42.5

8.8

21.5

10.7

5.4

2.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

86.9

74.4

52.5

59.0

49.0

40.1

44.7

89.6

78.7

56.1

62.5

52.7

45.2

50.7

Number (thousands)

9,442

2,811

11,126

3,818

2,734

2,397

2,177

7,113

2,457

15,574

3,464

3,093

3,244

5,772

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

73.2

40.0

6.7

11.9

4.7

4.1

3.0

76.0

42.8

6.3

13.9

6.2

3.9

3.2

1–19

8.7

15.6

7.3

12.3

6.1

4.3

3.4

3.5

5.7

2.4

4.3

3.0

1.9

1.3

20–39

7.5

13.1

12.0

16.5

13.7

8.7

5.9

2.7

6.7

7.1

11.1

8.5

6.0

4.5

40–59

3.8

7.9

11.4

12.5

12.0

10.9

9.3

2.2

6.2

8.7

10.5

8.4

8.1

8.0

60–79

2.0

7.4

14.1

13.1

13.9

14.8

15.2

2.2

5.5

10.9

10.0

10.5

11.9

11.0

80 or more

4.7

16.1

48.4

33.7

49.6

57.2

63.1

13.3

33.1

64.6

50.3

63.4

68.2

72.0

50 or more

8.2

27.4

67.8

52.1

68.6

77.2

84.2

16.7

41.8

80.2

65.4

78.3

84.3

87.9

90 or more

3.9

12.4

39.8

26.7

41.1

47.2

52.9

12.0

30.1

57.7

45.0

55.5

61.2

64.5

100

2.2

6.0

18.9

12.2

18.9

22.1

27.2

9.0

20.2

37.3

30.5

36.1

39.2

41.1

Mean proportion

10.9

29.8

66.6

53.9

68.3

73.8

78.6

16.8

41.9

77.5

65.3

76.3

81.0

83.6

Mean proportion (recipients only)

40.9

49.7

71.3

61.2

71.6

76.9

81.0

70.0

73.3

82.8

75.8

81.3

84.3

86.4

Number (thousands)

9,442

2,811

11,126

3,818

2,734

2,397

2,177

7,113

2,457

15,574

3,464

3,093

3,244

5,772

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

87.0

54.2

9.5

15.9

7.2

6.0

5.0

86.5

51.8

9.2

17.5

8.7

6.5

6.1

1–19

4.4

16.5

13.9

19.8

13.7

9.6

8.8

1.0

6.1

6.0

8.1

7.0

5.6

4.5

20–39

3.9

13.1

19.4

23.3

21.0

16.3

14.2

1.2

8.2

12.3

15.1

15.2

11.5

9.5

40–59

1.9

7.1

18.6

14.7

20.2

21.9

19.9

1.8

7.0

15.3

16.3

14.4

15.4

15.1

60–79

0.8

3.7

14.1

10.1

15.0

15.3

18.6

1.3

5.2

13.5

9.8

13.0

16.3

14.4

80 or more

2.0

5.5

24.4

16.1

23.0

30.9

33.5

8.2

21.7

43.6

33.2

41.6

44.6

50.5

50 or more

3.6

12.1

47.0

32.3

47.7

55.6

62.7

10.4

30.2

65.1

50.5

62.2

68.5

73.6

90 or more

1.7

4.3

18.5

12.5

17.7

22.9

25.2

7.3

19.5

37.0

29.4

34.7

38.3

42.2

100

1.3

3.0

10.6

7.2

10.6

12.4

14.7

6.2

13.5

26.0

22.6

25.3

27.4

27.7

Mean proportion

5.0

16.7

49.7

38.8

50.3

56.8

60.3

10.3

31.5

63.9

52.9

62.2

66.7

69.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

38.6

36.4

54.9

46.1

54.2

60.4

63.5

76.1

65.3

70.4

64.1

68.2

71.3

74.5

Number (thousands)

9,442

2,811

11,126

3,818

2,734

2,397

2,177

7,113

2,457

15,574

3,464

3,093

3,244

5,772

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

91.5

84.4

83.5

84.3

83.3

83.9

82.0

93.9

91.3

87.7

88.6

88.7

86.5

87.3

1–19

3.0

5.0

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.6

4.2

1.3

1.9

1.8

1.6

1.8

2.3

1.8

20–39

3.1

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.3

4.6

1.6

2.1

3.2

3.4

2.4

3.6

3.3

40–59

1.3

2.6

4.2

3.4

4.4

4.5

5.0

0.7

0.9

3.3

2.5

3.4

3.5

3.5

60–79

0.7

2.3

2.4

2.0

2.8

1.9

3.3

0.6

1.4

2.3

2.1

2.0

2.9

2.1

80 or more

0.6

1.0

1.1

1.6

0.9

0.9

0.9

1.9

2.5

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.3

1.9

50 or more

1.8

4.6

5.6

5.0

6.2

5.1

6.7

2.9

4.2

5.4

5.3

5.0

6.1

5.4

90 or more

0.3

0.6

0.6

0.8

0.3

0.4

0.5

1.7

1.6

1.1

1.1

1.1

0.6

1.4

100

0.1

0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.9

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.6

0.2

0.7

Mean proportion

2.8

5.7

6.5

6.2

6.8

6.1

7.4

3.2

4.5

5.9

5.6

5.5

6.3

6.2

Mean proportion (recipients only)

33.2

36.5

39.7

39.7

40.6

37.7

40.8

53.1

51.6

48.2

49.0

48.7

46.6

48.5

Number (thousands)

9,442

2,811

11,126

3,818

2,734

2,397

2,177

7,113

2,457

15,574

3,464

3,093

3,244

5,772

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

89.9

75.6

63.2

68.5

59.2

61.7

60.4

92.7

85.6

75.3

79.6

73.2

74.8

74.0

1–19

4.8

11.0

16.1

13.9

18.1

15.5

18.2

2.6

5.0

9.7

7.0

9.9

8.4

12.0

20–39

2.6

6.7

12.5

10.3

13.9

14.1

13.2

1.6

3.3

8.2

6.7

9.0

9.9

7.7

40–59

1.2

4.3

5.8

4.8

6.4

6.7

5.6

0.9

2.8

4.6

4.8

5.1

4.6

4.3

60–79

0.6

1.4

1.8

1.8

2.0

1.3

2.1

0.6

1.3

1.4

1.1

2.0

1.9

1.1

80 or more

0.8

1.0

0.7

0.8

0.5

0.7

0.6

1.6

2.0

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.8

50 or more

1.9

4.5

4.4

4.8

4.2

4.1

4.5

2.5

4.5

3.9

3.8

5.0

4.3

3.1

90 or more

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.7

0.4

0.6

0.4

1.5

1.7

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.6

100

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.3

0

0.3

1.0

1.5

0.4

0.5

0.3

0.2

0.5

Mean proportion

3.0

7.0

10.0

8.8

10.8

10.5

10.4

3.2

5.6

7.4

6.6

8.3

7.7

7.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

29.4

28.7

27.1

27.8

26.5

27.5

26.2

43.2

39.3

29.7

32.4

30.9

30.5

27.3

Number (thousands)

9,442

2,811

11,126

3,818

2,734

2,397

2,177

7,113

2,457

15,574

3,464

3,093

3,244

5,772

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

33.8

33.1

33.5

32.3

32.5

34.2

36.3

54.0

53.0

51.2

53.9

52.8

50.8

49.0

1–19

58.0

53.8

48.0

51.5

50.7

44.8

41.8

37.1

37.6

32.6

33.0

32.8

33.1

32.0

20–39

4.5

5.9

10.3

9.5

9.4

11.2

11.9

3.1

4.3

8.3

7.1

7.8

8.6

9.3

40–59

2.1

3.8

4.6

4.1

4.5

5.0

5.3

2.2

2.1

4.2

3.5

3.2

3.8

5.3

60–79

0.8

1.5

2.4

1.7

2.1

3.3

2.9

1.1

1.4

2.3

1.3

2.3

2.3

2.9

80 or more

0.8

2.0

1.1

0.8

0.9

1.5

1.7

2.5

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.5

1.5

50 or more

2.4

5.5

5.6

4.1

5.7

7.2

6.1

4.7

3.9

5.4

3.7

5.0

5.5

6.6

90 or more

0.7

1.6

0.6

0.4

0.7

0.9

0.9

2.2

1.3

0.9

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.9

100

0.6

1.5

0.5

0.2

0.6

0.6

0.5

2.1

1.1

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.8

Mean proportion

5.5

8.6

10.4

9.1

9.9

11.9

11.8

6.4

6.0

8.9

7.2

8.1

9.0

10.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

8.3

12.9

15.7

13.4

14.7

18.1

18.6

14.0

12.7

18.3

15.6

17.2

18.3

20.3

Number (thousands)

9,442

2,811

11,126

3,818

2,734

2,397

2,177

7,113

2,457

15,574

3,464

3,093

3,244

5,772

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

97.7

97.2

97.8

97.9

97.2

98.3

97.8

92.3

91.9

95.0

93.7

95.2

94.9

95.9

1–19

0.7

1.1

0.8

0.7

1.3

0.4

0.6

1.2

1.4

1.4

1.6

1.3

1.8

1.2

20–39

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.8

1.0

1.0

0.9

1.4

1.0

40–59

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.8

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.4

0.5

0.5

60–79

0.1

0.3

0.1

0

0.1

0

0

0.6

0.5

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.1

80 or more

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.4

0.5

0.8

0.9

4.4

5.0

1.8

2.7

2.0

1.2

1.4

50 or more

0.8

0.9

0.8

0.5

0.7

0.8

1.1

5.4

5.6

2.2

3.3

2.4

1.8

1.7

90 or more

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.4

0.5

0.8

0.9

4.2

5.0

1.8

2.7

2.0

1.2

1.4

100

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.5

0.8

0.9

3.8

4.9

1.7

2.5

1.8

1.2

1.4

Mean proportion

1.0

1.2

1.0

0.8

1.0

1.0

1.3

5.5

5.9

2.6

3.7

2.8

2.2

2.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

44.7

42.4

44.8

37.2

36.9

59.7

57.2

71.3

73.0

52.5

58.7

57.3

42.2

51.0

Number (thousands)

9,442

2,811

11,126

3,818

2,734

2,397

2,177

7,113

2,457

15,574

3,464

3,093

3,244

5,772

NOTES: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or food stamps) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Income Sources for Aged UnitsTable 8.A3 Percentage distribution of units, by source of income, Social Security beneficiary status, marital status, and age, 2006

Proportion of income

Beneficiary units

Nonbeneficiary units

All units

Married couples

Nonmarried persons

All units

Married couples

Nonmarried persons

55–61

62–64

65 or older

55–61

62–64

65 or older

55–61

62–64

65 or older

55–61

62–64

65 or older

55–61

62–64

65 or older

55–61

62–64

65 or older

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

57.9

54.5

77.8

35.6

38.8

64.8

86.3

71.6

87.0

9.2

14.7

47.2

3.8

8.5

30.9

16.3

22.1

59.2

1–19

3.7

7.1

4.7

3.8

8.3

7.7

3.6

5.8

2.5

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.2

1.4

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.2

20–39

4.9

6.7

4.4

7.3

8.9

7.1

1.7

4.4

2.5

2.1

4.4

2.4

2.1

5.7

3.5

2.2

2.9

1.6

40–59

8.6

10.5

5.6

13.4

12.7

8.6

2.4

8.1

3.5

4.3

5.7

2.7

5.5

6.9

4.5

2.8

4.3

1.5

60–79

15.1

12.5

5.4

24.4

18.5

8.1

3.1

6.0

3.5

7.7

7.0

5.1

9.3

9.5

7.2

5.7

4.1

3.5

80 or more

9.9

8.7

2.1

15.3

12.9

3.7

2.9

4.1

0.9

75.1

66.4

41.0

78.1

67.9

51.9

71.1

64.7

32.9

50 or more

29.7

25.9

10.6

47.6

36.3

16.7

7.0

14.7

6.2

85.6

76.3

47.3

90.9

80.7

61.7

78.5

71.0

36.8

90 or more

3.3

3.4

0.5

4.7

4.8

1.0

1.5

1.8

0.2

67.6

58.7

36.5

69.2

58.9

44.7

65.3

58.6

30.4

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

28.2

24.6

20.8

23.4

21.6

21.7

34.6

28.2

20.2

Mean proportion

25.5

24.3

10.2

40.2

34.0

16.1

6.8

13.7

6.0

81.6

74.0

45.8

85.9

77.9

58.9

75.8

69.3

36.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

60.6

53.4

45.8

62.5

55.5

45.8

49.8

48.3

45.8

89.9

86.8

86.8

89.3

85.1

85.3

90.7

89.1

88.6

Number (thousands)

2,191

2,473

24,203

1,227

1,288

10,069

964

1,184

14,135

14,364

2,796

2,497

8,215

1,523

1,058

6,150

1,273

1,439

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

85.8

77.8

69.2

84.2

73.9

70.5

87.9

82.6

68.2

1–19

15.7

13.9

4.6

24.5

20.6

7.6

4.6

6.6

2.4

5.1

8.4

3.2

6.3

11.3

4.6

3.4

4.9

2.2

20–39

17.6

17.4

9.8

26.7

22.7

12.9

6.0

11.5

7.6

3.6

3.7

2.5

4.6

4.9

3.6

2.2

2.2

1.7

40–59

12.6

12.0

10.5

14.7

12.9

12.2

9.9

11.0

9.3

1.7

2.8

3.1

2.2

3.6

3.9

1.0

1.7

2.5

60–79

8.6

11.0

13.1

8.5

11.9

15.1

8.9

9.9

11.6

1.1

2.6

4.0

1.1

3.6

4.1

1.2

1.4

3.9

80 or more

45.5

45.8

62.0

25.6

31.9

52.1

70.7

60.9

69.0

2.8

4.7

18.0

1.6

2.7

13.3

4.3

7.1

21.4

50 or more

60.1

62.4

80.4

40.2

49.7

72.9

85.4

76.3

85.7

4.5

9.0

23.8

3.5

8.5

19.8

5.9

9.6

26.8

90 or more

40.1

39.4

53.8

21.9

24.6

42.8

63.2

55.4

61.7

2.4

4.0

15.5

1.2

2.0

11.2

4.0

6.4

18.6

100

30.5

24.1

31.8

13.9

12.1

20.3

51.6

37.0

39.9

1.2

2.5

9.1

0.5

0.8

5.3

2.3

4.5

11.9

Mean proportion

63.5

64.8

78.1

48.5

54.2

71.5

82.5

76.3

82.8

5.8

9.5

22.8

5.3

9.2

19.3

6.5

9.9

25.4

Mean proportion (recipients only)

63.5

64.8

78.1

48.5

54.2

71.5

82.5

76.3

82.8

41.0

43.0

74.0

33.6

35.2

65.4

53.9

57.0

79.9

Number (thousands)

2,191

2,473

24,203

1,227

1,288

10,069

964

1,184

14,135

14,364

2,796

2,497

8,215

1,523

1,058

6,150

1,273

1,439

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

89.4

84.1

86.1

86.7

78.8

83.3

92.8

90.0

88.2

93.0

90.7

84.0

92.2

89.2

86.1

94.1

92.5

82.6

1–19

3.2

3.9

3.0

4.3

5.9

4.5

1.9

1.7

2.0

2.1

3.2

1.2

2.8

4.2

2.3

1.2

2.1

0.4

20–39

3.8

5.1

4.0

4.4

6.9

4.7

3.1

3.1

3.5

2.2

2.0

1.3

2.9

2.7

2.0

1.3

1.2

0.8

40–59

1.9

2.7

3.8

2.2

4.0

4.4

1.4

1.4

3.4

0.9

1.0

2.4

1.1

1.5

2.6

0.6

0.4

2.3

60–79

1.2

2.3

2.4

1.5

2.6

2.5

0.8

2.0

2.3

0.6

1.5

1.6

0.5

2.1

1.5

0.6

0.7

1.7

80 or more

0.5

1.8

0.7

1.0

1.8

0.7

0

1.8

0.6

1.2

1.6

9.4

0.5

0.3

5.5

2.2

3.1

12.2

50 or more

2.6

5.4

4.8

3.8

6.3

5.3

1.0

4.5

4.4

2.2

3.6

12.4

1.5

3.2

8.4

3.1

4.0

15.4

90 or more

0

0.7

0.2

0.1

0.9

0.2

0

0.5

0.2

1.1

1.4

7.4

0.3

0.3

4.2

2.0

2.6

9.7

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.5

0.6

3.8

0.1

0

1.4

1.0

1.2

5.5

Mean proportion

3.6

6.5

5.6

4.6

8.0

6.3

2.3

4.8

5.1

2.9

4.0

11.9

2.6

3.7

8.5

3.4

4.2

14.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

34.2

40.7

40.5

34.9

37.7

37.8

32.5

47.6

43.1

41.5

42.5

74.2

32.7

34.4

61.2

57.0

56.5

81.9

Number (thousands)

2,191

2,473

24,203

1,227

1,288

10,069

964

1,184

14,135

14,364

2,796

2,497

8,215

1,523

1,058

6,150

1,273

1,439

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

81.7

72.3

68.5

77.9

64.4

60.8

86.4

80.8

74.0

92.6

87.4

86.6

91.7

85.0

85.3

93.7

90.2

87.6

1–19

8.0

10.9

13.4

10.9

14.7

17.4

4.3

6.7

10.5

3.2

5.9

2.8

3.9

7.9

3.4

2.3

3.4

2.4

20–39

6.3

9.0

10.9

6.9

12.2

13.7

5.6

5.5

8.9

1.6

1.7

1.4

2.0

2.1

1.5

1.0

1.2

1.3

40–59

2.9

5.8

5.5

3.0

6.9

6.2

2.7

4.7

5.0

0.8

1.6

1.2

1.0

2.1

2.1

0.6

1.0

0.6

60–79

1.1

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.6

1.7

0.7

1.8

1.4

0.5

1.0

2.0

0.4

1.2

2.2

0.6

0.7

1.9

80 or more

0.1

0.3

0.2

0

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.5

0.2

1.3

2.5

5.9

1.0

1.6

5.5

1.9

3.5

6.2

50 or more

2.2

4.4

3.7

2.5

4.7

4.0

1.7

4.0

3.4

2.2

4.6

8.6

1.8

4.3

8.9

2.7

5.1

8.4

90 or more

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.1

1.1

2.1

5.6

0.7

1.1

5.4

1.7

3.2

5.8

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.6

1.6

3.6

0.3

0.5

2.8

1.1

2.8

4.2

Mean proportion

4.7

8.1

8.4

5.2

9.8

10.1

4.1

6.2

7.3

2.8

4.9

8.4

2.6

4.7

8.8

3.0

5.1

8.2

Mean proportion (recipients only)

25.8

29.1

26.8

23.7

27.5

25.8

30.1

32.5

28.0

37.5

38.5

63.2

31.7

31.2

59.7

47.6

51.7

66.2

Number (thousands)

2,191

2,473

24,203

1,227

1,288

10,069

964

1,184

14,135

14,364

2,796

2,497

8,215

1,523

1,058

6,150

1,273

1,439

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

60.4

46.4

43.2

47.9

35.9

32.8

76.3

57.7

50.5

39.7

38.9

50.3

31.7

30.8

40.1

50.5

48.5

57.8

1–19

33.8

42.2

39.7

46.1

50.8

48.6

18.0

32.8

33.4

51.4

49.9

32.0

59.8

56.3

41.7

40.1

42.2

24.9

20–39

3.1

5.8

9.5

3.7

6.7

10.6

2.5

4.8

8.7

4.1

4.6

6.4

4.7

5.1

8.0

3.2

3.9

5.2

40–59

1.8

3.0

4.5

1.0

3.6

4.7

2.8

2.2

4.4

2.2

3.0

2.8

2.3

3.9

3.5

2.1

2.0

2.3

60–79

0.9

2.0

2.5

1.3

2.1

2.5

0.5

1.8

2.5

0.9

0.9

1.0

0.7

0.9

1.2

1.2

0.9

0.9

80 or more

0

0.8

0.6

0

0.9

0.7

0

0.6

0.6

1.7

2.8

7.5

0.9

3.0

5.5

2.9

2.5

9.0

50 or more

2.0

4.1

5.0

2.2

5.0

5.3

1.8

3.2

4.9

3.6

5.3

9.6

2.4

5.9

8.0

5.2

4.5

10.7

90 or more

0

0.2

0.1

0

0.3

0.2

0

0.2

0.1

1.5

2.6

6.9

0.8

2.8

5.2

2.6

2.3

8.2

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.4

2.5

6.6

0.7

2.8

4.8

2.5

2.0

8.0

Mean proportion

3.6

6.8

9.2

4.0

8.1

10.3

3.0

5.4

8.5

6.3

7.9

12.8

5.7

9.0

12.0

7.0

6.5

13.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

9.0

12.7

16.2

7.7

12.7

15.3

12.6

12.8

17.2

10.4

12.9

25.7

8.4

13.0

20.1

14.1

12.7

31.4

Number (thousands)

2,191

2,473

24,203

1,227

1,288

10,069

964

1,184

14,135

14,364

2,796

2,497

8,215

1,523

1,058

6,150

1,273

1,439

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

92.7

96.1

97.4

96.4

97.7

98.5

88.1

94.3

96.7

95.7

93.5

84.3

97.8

96.8

91.2

92.9

89.6

79.2

1–19

3.8

2.1

1.2

1.7

1.4

0.7

6.4

3.0

1.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.9

0.9

0.4

0

0.2

20–39

1.4

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.3

0.5

2.1

1.3

1.1

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.5

0.6

1.2

0.5

0.3

0.2

40–59

1.6

0.4

0.4

0.7

0.2

0.2

2.7

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.3

0.4

0.1

0.5

0.2

0.8

60–79

0.5

0.6

0.1

0.3

0.5

0

0.7

0.8

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.5

0.3

0.5

80 or more

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.6

5.0

13.7

0.7

1.1

6.3

5.1

9.7

19.1

50 or more

1.0

0.7

0.3

0.7

0.5

0.1

1.5

0.8

0.4

3.0

5.3

14.3

0.8

1.3

6.6

6.0

10.0

20.0

90 or more

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.5

5.0

13.6

0.6

1.1

6.3

4.9

9.7

18.9

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.3

4.8

13.2

0.6

0.9

6.3

4.4

9.4

18.2

Mean proportion

1.8

1.0

0.6

0.9

0.6

0.4

3.1

1.5

0.8

3.1

5.5

14.4

1.1

1.7

7.0

5.9

10.1

19.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

25.5

26.4

24.9

25.1

26.1

23.8

25.6

26.6

25.2

73.6

84.5

91.9

49.6

52.4

79.6

83.4

96.6

95.7

Number (thousands)

2,191

2,473

24,203

1,227

1,288

10,069

964

1,184

14,135

14,364

2,796

2,497

8,215

1,523

1,058

6,150

1,273

1,439

NOTES: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or food stamps) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Income Sources for Units 65 or OlderTable 8.A4 Percentage distribution of units, by source of income, race, Hispanic origin, and marital status, 2006

Proportion of income

White alone

Black alone

Asian alone

Hispanic origin

All units

Married couples

Nonmarried persons

All units

Married couples

Nonmarried persons

All units

Married couples

Nonmarried persons

All units

Married couples

Nonmarried persons

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

74.5

61.8

84.0

79.0

59.1

86.5

73.9

63.2

84.3

75.0

59.2

85.1

1–19

4.7

7.4

2.5

3.1

6.1

2.0

1.2

1.9

0.5

2.1

3.6

1.1

20–39

4.3

6.6

2.6

3.0

6.7

1.6

3.9

6.4

1.5

2.5

4.4

1.3

40–59

5.6

8.3

3.5

4.0

9.2

2.1

2.5

3.5

1.5

4.8

7.6

2.9

60–79

5.4

7.8

3.6

5.0

9.4

3.4

6.5

10.5

2.5

5.2

7.9

3.4

80 or more

5.5

8.0

3.7

5.8

9.6

4.3

12.0

14.4

9.7

10.4

17.2

6.1

50 or more

14.0

20.7

9.0

12.6

22.6

8.9

20.1

27.6

12.7

17.7

28.5

10.9

90 or more

3.7

4.9

2.8

4.5

6.9

3.6

8.9

10.7

7.3

8.4

13.2

5.4

100

1.7

1.8

1.7

3.2

4.4

2.7

4.7

5.0

4.4

6.9

10.6

4.5

Mean proportion

13.5

19.8

8.8

12.2

22.6

8.3

18.5

25.1

12.1

17.1

27.7

10.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

52.9

51.8

54.9

58.2

55.3

61.6

71.0

68.3

77.3

68.3

68.0

68.9

Number (thousands)

23,044

9,911

13,133

2,496

680

1,816

776

384

393

1,705

663

1,042

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

5.7

6.2

5.3

9.5

7.7

10.1

19.7

18.5

20.8

15.0

18.3

12.9

1–19

4.6

7.3

2.6

2.3

5.1

1.2

6.5

9.9

3.2

3.2

6.1

1.3

20–39

9.5

12.1

7.5

7.2

12.6

5.1

7.4

10.5

4.4

6.7

10.5

4.3

40–59

10.2

11.6

9.2

6.1

9.1

5.0

8.1

10.4

5.8

6.8

8.0

6.1

60–79

12.8

14.4

11.7

8.0

10.9

6.9

8.6

11.5

5.8

8.8

10.2

7.9

80 or more

57.1

48.4

63.7

67.0

54.6

71.7

49.7

39.1

59.9

59.5

46.8

67.6

50 or more

75.2

68.0

80.5

77.9

70.3

80.8

62.6

57.8

67.2

72.0

61.5

78.7

90 or more

49.1

39.4

56.4

62.4

48.9

67.5

43.3

34.6

51.8

55.6

42.4

64.1

100

27.4

17.8

34.7

49.3

34.3

54.9

30.8

20.7

40.7

45.2

30.6

54.5

Mean proportion

72.9

66.7

77.5

77.1

69.8

79.8

61.3

55.7

66.8

70.7

60.9

76.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

77.3

71.1

81.9

85.1

75.6

88.8

76.4

68.4

84.4

83.1

74.6

88.3

Number (thousands)

23,044

9,911

13,133

2,496

680

1,816

776

384

393

1,705

663

1,042

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

8.4

8.7

8.1

13.8

13.5

14.0

24.2

23.6

24.7

17.3

20.2

15.4

1–19

9.8

14.3

6.4

4.9

9.7

3.1

9.2

13.2

5.2

5.1

9.1

2.6

20–39

15.8

19.5

12.9

12.3

19.9

9.4

11.4

14.4

8.5

9.2

13.5

6.5

40–59

17.5

19.2

16.2

11.0

12.8

10.3

11.9

14.0

9.8

10.2

11.5

9.3

60–79

14.4

14.6

14.1

10.6

9.9

10.9

6.6

9.1

4.2

10.5

11.8

9.8

80 or more

34.3

23.6

42.3

47.4

34.1

52.3

36.7

25.7

47.5

47.7

33.9

56.4

50 or more

57.3

47.1

65.0

63.2

49.0

68.5

49.4

42.5

56.2

63.5

51.4

71.2

90 or more

27.8

17.7

35.5

41.8

28.2

46.9

31.2

20.8

41.4

43.4

29.2

52.4

100

17.7

9.6

23.8

34.8

22.2

39.6

24.7

15.2

34.0

35.7

21.8

44.6

Mean proportion

57.6

49.7

63.6

63.5

53.3

67.4

50.6

43.8

57.3

62.7

52.1

69.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

62.9

54.4

69.2

73.7

61.6

78.3

66.8

57.4

76.1

75.8

65.3

82.2

Number (thousands)

23,044

9,911

13,133

2,496

680

1,816

776

384

393

1,705

663

1,042

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

85.7

83.6

87.3

87.1

80.2

89.7

89.3

88.8

89.8

93.4

91.3

94.6

1–19

2.9

4.2

2.0

2.1

5.0

1.0

2.5

3.1

1.8

1.1

1.7

0.7

20–39

3.9

4.5

3.4

2.8

3.7

2.4

3.2

4.7

1.7

1.7

2.3

1.3

40–59

3.8

4.3

3.5

2.9

4.7

2.2

1.6

1.3

1.9

1.4

1.5

1.2

60–79

2.3

2.4

2.3

2.6

3.5

2.3

1.8

1.1

2.5

1.7

1.9

1.6

80 or more

1.4

1.1

1.6

2.6

2.9

2.4

1.6

1.0

2.1

0.8

1.3

0.5

50 or more

5.4

5.5

5.4

6.5

9.3

5.5

4.1

2.5

5.7

2.9

3.6

2.4

90 or more

0.7

0.4

1.0

1.9

2.2

1.8

1.1

0.9

1.2

0.5

0.8

0.4

100

0.3

0.1

0.4

1.0

0.6

1.2

0.3

0

0.5

0.3

0.6

0.2

Mean proportion

6.2

6.4

6.0

6.7

9.2

5.7

4.8

4.2

5.4

3.2

4.1

2.7

Mean proportion (recipients only)

43.3

39.3

47.2

52.0

46.7

55.7

45.3

37.7

53.5

48.4

47.1

49.8

Number (thousands)

23,044

9,911

13,133

2,496

680

1,816

776

384

393

1,705

663

1,042

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

68.5

61.6

73.8

80.8

75.8

82.6

84.2

79.4

88.8

85.6

82.4

87.7

1–19

13.3

16.8

10.6

6.8

11.0

5.3

5.3

7.2

3.5

5.6

8.3

3.9

20–39

10.6

13.2

8.7

6.1

7.9

5.4

4.3

5.5

3.1

4.4

5.9

3.5

40–59

5.3

6.1

4.8

3.4

2.0

3.9

3.7

4.4

3.1

2.8

2.2

3.2

60–79

1.6

1.8

1.5

1.3

1.8

1.1

0.9

1.3

0.5

0.3

0.8

0

80 or more

0.6

0.5

0.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

2.2

1.0

1.3

0.5

1.7

50 or more

4.1

4.4

3.9

4.1

4.6

3.9

3.7

4.9

2.4

2.7

2.3

2.9

90 or more

0.4

0.4

0.5

1.5

1.3

1.5

1.6

2.2

1.0

1.1

0.2

1.6

100

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.9

0.8

0.9

1.6

2.2

1.0

1.1

0.2

1.6

Mean proportion

8.7

10.3

7.6

6.6

7.2

6.4

5.9

7.7

4.1

4.7

4.7

4.7

Mean proportion (recipients only)

27.8

26.8

28.8

34.4

29.6

36.9

37.0

37.1

36.9

32.8

26.9

38.2

Number (thousands)

23,044

9,911

13,133

2,496

680

1,816

776

384

393

1,705

663

1,042

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

40.1

31.0

46.9

73.4

61.8

77.8

55.4

45.3

65.3

75.2

65.1

81.5

1–19

41.3

49.7

35.0

21.0

29.9

17.6

29.8

36.2

23.5

17.8

24.9

13.2

20–39

9.9

10.7

9.3

3.2

4.3

2.8

8.1

12.7

3.6

4.2

5.2

3.5

40–59

4.8

4.9

4.7

1.0

1.7

0.7

3.8

3.8

3.7

1.3

2.2

0.7

60–79

2.6

2.5

2.6

0.7

1.7

0.4

1.5

1.3

1.7

0.7

1.2

0.3

80 or more

1.3

1.2

1.4

0.7

0.5

0.8

1.4

0.6

2.2

0.9

1.3

0.7

50 or more

5.9

5.9

6.0

2.0

3.3

1.5

4.9

3.2

6.6

2.2

3.8

1.2

90 or more

0.8

0.7

0.9

0.7

0.5

0.7

1.1

0.1

2.1

0.8

1.1

0.6

100

0.6

0.5

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.6

1.1

0.1

2.1

0.6

0.9

0.4

Mean proportion

10.3

11.0

9.9

3.3

4.8

2.8

8.3

9.0

7.7

3.8

5.6

2.7

Mean proportion (recipients only)

17.2

15.9

18.6

12.6

12.5

12.6

18.7

16.4

22.2

15.5

16.2

14.6

Number (thousands)

23,044

9,911

13,133

2,496

680

1,816

776

384

393

1,705

663

1,042

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

97.3

98.2

96.6

89.4

96.2

86.9

87.8

90.0

85.7

88.4

91.3

86.6

1–19

0.9

0.6

1.1

3.0

2.4

3.3

2.2

1.6

2.8

2.6

2.9

2.5

20–39

0.7

0.5

0.8

2.4

0.9

3.0

1.5

2.2

0.9

2.4

2.2

2.6

40–59

0.3

0.2

0.3

1.1

0.2

1.4

1.4

0.5

2.2

1.7

1.0

2.1

60–79

0.1

0

0.1

0.8

0.1

1.1

0.3

0

0.5

0.5

0.7

0.4

80 or more

0.9

0.4

1.2

3.2

0.2

4.4

6.8

5.7

7.9

4.3

1.8

5.8

50 or more

1.0

0.6

1.3

4.7

0.5

6.2

8.2

5.7

10.7

5.4

2.6

7.2

90 or more

0.8

0.4

1.2

3.2

0.2

4.4

6.8

5.7

7.9

4.3

1.8

5.8

100

0.8

0.4

1.1

3.2

0.2

4.3

6.7

5.7

7.8

4.2

1.8

5.7

Mean proportion

1.3

0.8

1.7

5.3

0.9

7.0

8.5

6.8

10.1

6.5

3.8

8.2

Mean proportion (recipients only)

47.5

42.4

49.5

50.5

23.7

53.4

69.6

68.0

70.7

55.9

43.8

60.9

Number (thousands)

23,044

9,911

13,133

2,496

680

1,816

776

384

393

1,705

663

1,042

NOTES: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or food stamps) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Income Sources for Units 65 or OlderTable 8.A5 Percentage distribution of units, by source of income, marital status, and quintile of total money income, 2006

Proportion of income

All units

Married couples

Nonmarried persons

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

95.9

92.6

82.3

64.5

41.6

88.4

80.3

63.9

48.1

28.9

97.2

96.3

91.4

79.7

59.6

1–19

1.1

2.2

3.8

6.7

7.7

3.1

6.7

8.7

9.1

7.9

0.7

1.3

2.5

2.6

4.7

20–39

0.5

1.7

3.7

7.0

7.7

2.0

3.9

9.4

9.8

8.1

0.1

0.8

2.0

4.7

4.3

40–59

0.5

1.3

4.3

8.5

11.6

1.2

3.2

9.2

13.7

13.5

0.6

0.4

2.0

5.9

7.2

60–79

0.3

0.5

2.4

7.9

15.4

1.0

2.6

5.1

11.0

20.1

0.1

0.2

0.8

3.0

12.9

80 or more

1.7

1.6

3.4

5.4

16.0

4.3

3.2

3.7

8.4

21.6

1.4

1.1

1.3

4.0

11.3

50 or more

2.1

2.6

8.1

18.2

37.8

5.6

7.4

14.3

27.6

49.2

1.6

1.3

3.0

10.2

27.9

90 or more

1.7

1.5

2.8

4.3

8.9

4.1

2.2

2.3

5.9

11.4

1.4

1.0

1.1

3.8

7.3

100

1.5

1.1

2.1

2.5

2.5

3.4

1.7

1.1

2.2

2.0

1.2

0.8

1.0

2.8

3.4

Mean proportion

2.3

3.3

8.6

17.6

34.5

6.3

8.3

15.2

26.5

43.8

1.8

1.7

3.6

10.6

24.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

57.2

44.4

48.6

49.6

59.0

54.6

42.0

42.1

51.0

61.6

63.9

45.9

42.2

52.3

61.5

Number (thousands)

4,811

5,480

5,471

5,468

5,471

2,114

2,254

2,254

2,254

2,251

2,698

3,218

3,186

3,254

3,218

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

12.0

3.0

3.4

5.0

9.6

10.3

3.1

3.3

6.2

11.0

14.5

3.3

2.0

4.6

8.5

1–19

0.3

0.3

0.6

2.3

18.3

0.2

0.8

2.1

5.3

27.7

0.3

0.2

0.5

0.4

10.2

20–39

1.0

1.6

4.8

11.6

26.0

1.8

3.3

6.7

18.9

29.0

0.8

0.7

2.3

7.0

23.6

40–59

2.3

5.1

10.6

15.0

15.2

2.8

7.7

13.5

19.6

12.9

2.4

2.6

7.0

14.7

15.5

60–79

5.9

9.2

13.8

19.0

12.4

6.5

13.2

22.2

19.9

8.1

5.7

6.7

10.9

17.7

12.6

80 or more

78.5

80.8

66.8

47.2

18.6

78.4

71.9

52.2

30.2

11.3

76.3

86.6

77.3

55.5

29.6

50 or more

85.8

93.1

86.6

73.9

37.2

86.4

90.0

80.4

58.6

24.9

83.3

95.0

92.3

81.4

49.7

90 or more

74.1

74.3

56.2

36.8

12.4

73.7

59.0

39.8

21.7

6.8

71.8

81.9

69.1

46.2

22.1

100

57.9

48.9

29.1

12.9

2.9

48.3

28.5

12.6

5.9

0.9

58.7

59.5

42.7

21.5

8.0

Mean proportion

83.1

88.8

81.2

69.6

43.3

83.6

83.7

74.1

58.4

34.0

80.7

91.6

87.4

75.6

53.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

94.4

91.6

84.1

73.2

47.9

93.2

86.3

76.6

62.2

38.2

94.4

94.8

89.2

79.2

57.9

Number (thousands)

4,811

5,480

5,471

5,468

5,471

2,114

2,254

2,254

2,254

2,251

2,698

3,218

3,186

3,254

3,218

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

14.7

5.3

5.4

7.5

14.5

13.8

4.6

4.7

9.6

15.1

17.4

4.8

4.1

7.1

14.2

1–19

0.4

1.2

1.8

5.8

36.4

1.0

2.3

4.7

9.7

51.4

0.2

0.5

1.5

2.6

24.4

20–39

1.3

3.8

9.4

25.1

35.2

2.6

6.3

15.2

40.9

31.1

0.9

1.7

5.4

13.3

38.4

40–59

2.7

7.7

24.8

35.1

11.3

3.4

14.7

38.0

33.8

2.2

2.6

3.8

11.2

38.5

17.9

60–79

7.7

16.1

23.3

19.2

1.6

9.5

27.3

28.4

4.7

0.3

7.0

10.0

22.1

24.2

3.2

80 or more

73.2

65.9

35.3

7.3

0.9

69.7

44.8

8.9

1.3

0

71.9

79.2

55.8

14.3

2.1

50 or more

82.5

86.8

73.5

42.4

5.7

81.3

81.0

58.2

16.2

0.6

80.4

91.9

84.2

61.6

10.4

90 or more

67.1

54.7

24.8

3.7

0.8

61.7

28.5

3.9

1.1

0

65.8

72.3

41.4

9.0

1.8

100

52.3

35.1

12.8

1.6

0.2

39.9

13.0

1.5

0.5

0

54.1

51.0

24.7

4.2

0.9

Mean proportion

79.2

80.3

65.4

45.8

21.9

77.3

70.9

52.0

34.3

15.7

77.2

87.3

76.1

54.1

27.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

92.8

84.8

69.1

49.5

25.6

89.7

74.4

54.5

37.9

18.5

93.5

91.7

79.3

58.2

31.8

Number (thousands)

4,811

5,480

5,471

5,468

5,471

2,114

2,254

2,254

2,254

2,251

2,698

3,218

3,186

3,254

3,218

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

97.5

93.1

88.3

77.7

74.6

95.9

90.7

81.1

76.1

74.5

97.4

96.3

91.3

84.3

70.9

1–19

0.7

1.5

1.6

3.6

6.5

1.6

2.1

4.0

5.3

8.2

1.0

0.6

1.8

1.2

4.6

20–39

0.8

1.6

3.2

5.7

7.1

1.1

2.8

5.1

6.4

6.7

0.9

1.1

1.9

4.0

7.7

40–59

0.3

1.4

3.6

6.8

5.6

0.5

2.1

5.6

7.5

5.1

0.3

0.6

2.0

5.9

7.0

60–79

0.3

1.4

2.0

3.6

4.2

0.3

1.5

2.0

3.8

4.4

0.1

0.8

2.0

2.4

5.7

80 or more

0.3

1.0

1.3

2.6

2.0

0.6

0.9

2.1

1.0

1.1

0.4

0.5

1.0

2.2

4.2

50 or more

0.8

2.7

4.9

9.7

8.9

1.2

3.2

7.1

8.6

7.7

0.6

1.4

3.7

6.8

13.9

90 or more

0.2

0.8

0.6

1.6

1.0

0.3

0.5

1.0

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.8

1.1

2.6

100

0.1

0.7

0.4

0.5

0

0.3

0.2

0.1

0

0

0.2

0.3

0.8

0.8

0.5

Mean proportion

1.0

3.3

5.5

10.4

10.2

1.5

3.9

8.1

9.7

9.2

1.0

1.7

4.2

7.9

14.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

38.8

47.1

46.8

46.7

40.1

37.3

42.1

42.8

40.5

36.2

36.7

47.2

47.7

50.1

48.3

Number (thousands)

4,811

5,480

5,471

5,468

5,471

2,114

2,254

2,254

2,254

2,251

2,698

3,218

3,186

3,254

3,218

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

93.1

79.9

64.0

55.6

61.1

86.2

64.2

48.7

54.5

63.5

94.3

90.3

72.1

57.4

65.5

1–19

3.1

11.0

14.3

15.0

17.5

7.7

17.4

19.1

15.5

20.2

2.4

6.3

13.8

13.1

11.9

20–39

1.5

6.2

12.7

17.7

10.8

2.5

12.8

22.4

16.2

8.2

1.0

2.3

10.6

15.8

10.0

40–59

0.5

1.3

7.5

9.6

6.1

0.6

4.1

8.8

10.9

4.2

0.5

0.4

2.1

11.6

7.8

60–79

0.3

0.8

0.9

1.9

3.9

1.0

0.9

0.8

2.2

3.8

0.2

0.2

0.9

1.3

4.5

80 or more

1.5

0.7

0.6

0.3

0.5

1.8

0.5

0.2

0.7

0.1

1.5

0.6

0.5

0.8

0.4

50 or more

2.1

2.1

3.3

5.7

7.2

3.2

2.5

3.2

7.3

5.9

2.1

0.8

2.5

4.8

9.0

90 or more

1.5

0.5

0.5

0.1

0.4

1.7

0.3

0.1

0.5

0

1.5

0.5

0.3

0.6

0.2

100

0.9

0.4

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.9

0.2

0.1

0.1

0

0.9

0.5

0.2

0.4

0

Mean proportion

2.6

4.7

10.0

13.2

11.0

4.3

8.6

13.8

13.9

8.9

2.4

2.1

6.6

13.3

11.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

38.6

23.7

27.7

29.6

28.3

31.1

24.1

26.8

30.6

24.5

42.8

21.5

23.6

31.2

33.3

Number (thousands)

4,811

5,480

5,471

5,468

5,471

2,114

2,254

2,254

2,254

2,251

2,698

3,218

3,186

3,254

3,218

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

75.6

59.5

43.0

29.6

15.4

65.9

41.6

28.7

21.5

11.9

79.0

69.4

52.8

37.0

22.5

1–19

17.5

31.8

42.6

50.1

50.3

29.0

47.2

54.3

54.0

54.2

14.2

25.0

35.3

42.0

43.5

20–39

2.7

5.8

9.6

13.4

13.6

2.0

8.6

12.8

15.3

12.5

2.3

4.1

7.7

13.4

13.2

40–59

0.7

2.1

3.5

5.5

9.7

0.5

2.4

3.5

6.6

9.9

0.6

1.0

3.2

5.1

10.5

60–79

0.3

0.6

1.0

1.1

8.4

0.4

0.1

0.3

2.2

8.8

0.3

0.3

0.8

2.1

7.8

80 or more

3.1

0.2

0.2

0.3

2.6

2.2

0.1

0.3

0.3

2.8

3.7

0.2

0.3

0.4

2.5

50 or more

3.6

1.7

2.5

3.2

16.2

2.9

1.0

2.0

5.6

16.2

4.2

0.6

2.5

4.2

15.2

90 or more

3.0

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.7

2.1

0

0.3

0.1

0.8

3.5

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.6

100

2.9

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

2.1

0

0.2

0

0.1

3.5

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.2

Mean proportion

5.1

4.7

7.5

10.1

19.8

4.3

6.0

8.8

12.0

20.6

5.5

2.9

6.4

10.3

19.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

20.9

11.6

13.2

14.4

23.4

12.6

10.3

12.4

15.3

23.4

26.0

9.6

13.5

16.3

24.5

Number (thousands)

4,811

5,480

5,471

5,468

5,471

2,114

2,254

2,254

2,254

2,251

2,698

3,218

3,186

3,254

3,218

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

86.5

96.5

98.4

99.2

99.2

92.4

99.0

98.8

98.9

99.4

82.8

94.6

97.6

98.8

99.4

1–19

3.5

0.9

0.6

0.4

0.7

1.6

0.4

0.6

0.9

0.5

4.4

1.7

0.5

0.5

0.5

20–39

2.6

0.8

0.7

0.3

0.2

1.7

0.5

0.5

0.2

0.1

2.9

1.4

0.8

0.3

0.1

40–59

1.0

0.8

0.2

0.1

0

1.0

0.1

0.1

0

0

1.3

0.5

0.8

0.2

0

60–79

0.4

0.2

0.1

0

0

0.2

0.1

0

0

0

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

0

80 or more

6.1

0.8

0

0

0

3.2

0

0

0

0

8.2

1.6

0.1

0

0

50 or more

7.0

1.4

0.2

0

0

3.8

0.1

0

0

0

9.1

2.1

0.7

0.2

0

90 or more

6.1

0.8

0

0

0

3.2

0

0

0

0

8.2

1.6

0.1

0

0

100

5.9

0.8

0

0

0

3.2

0

0

0

0

7.9

1.5

0

0

0

Mean proportion

7.9

1.7

0.5

0.2

0.1

4.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.1

10.4

2.6

0.9

0.4

0.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

58.7

48.4

30.4

19.9

12.9

58.4

29.9

20.0

12.7

14.5

60.2

48.0

36.3

31.8

11.6

Number (thousands)

4,811

5,480

5,471

5,468

5,471

2,114

2,254

2,254

2,254

2,251

2,698

3,218

3,186

3,254

3,218

NOTES: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

Quintile limits are $11,519, $18,622, $28,911, and $50,064 for all units; $22,083, $32,000, $45,796, and $76,746 for married couples; and $9,330, $13,374, $19,062, and $30,202 for nonmarried persons.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or food stamps) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Aged PersonsTable 8.B1 Percentage distribution, by source of family income, sex, and age, 2006

Proportion of family income

All persons

Men

Women

55–61

62–64

65 or older

55–61

62–64

65 or older

55–61

62–64

65 or older

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

13.1

29.3

63.5

11.4

25.4

59.3

14.8

32.8

66.6

1–19

2.6

5.3

5.6

2.0

4.8

6.2

3.1

5.8

5.1

20–39

3.6

6.8

5.7

3.1

6.6

6.8

4.1

7.0

5.0

40–59

6.6

10.3

7.4

5.9

9.4

8.6

7.2

11.0

6.5

60–79

12.0

12.2

8.9

11.3

12.3

9.6

12.6

12.1

8.4

80 or more

62.1

36.1

8.9

66.3

41.5

9.5

58.2

31.3

8.5

50 or more

78.0

53.7

21.9

81.4

58.1

23.9

74.9

49.8

20.5

90 or more

52.8

27.5

5.1

56.8

32.1

5.7

49.0

23.3

4.7

100

19.1

10.0

2.2

20.5

11.4

2.5

17.9

8.7

2.0

Mean proportion

73.1

50.6

20.5

76.2

55.3

22.5

70.2

46.5

18.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

84.2

71.6

56.0

86.0

74.1

55.3

82.4

69.1

56.7

Number (thousands)

23,796

7,757

35,636

11,531

3,641

15,252

12,265

4,116

20,384

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

65.7

33.5

6.7

70.4

38.7

7.4

61.2

28.9

6.1

1–19

10.3

14.6

8.0

9.6

15.3

8.1

11.1

13.9

7.9

20–39

8.6

12.6

12.3

7.7

12.2

13.4

9.6

13.0

11.5

40–59

4.4

8.9

11.2

3.6

7.6

12.0

5.2

10.0

10.6

60–79

3.3

8.0

13.2

2.7

6.8

13.3

3.8

9.0

13.1

80 or more

7.7

22.4

48.6

6.1

19.2

45.7

9.1

25.2

50.8

50 or more

12.9

34.6

67.2

10.2

29.9

64.8

15.4

38.7

69.0

90 or more

6.3

18.2

40.9

5.1

15.6

37.9

7.6

20.4

43.1

100

3.7

9.6

21.5

3.0

8.3

19.2

4.4

10.8

23.3

Mean proportion

15.5

36.8

66.3

12.7

32.2

64.3

18.0

40.8

67.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

45.0

55.3

71.1

43.0

52.6

69.5

46.5

57.4

72.3

Number (thousands)

23,796

7,757

35,636

11,531

3,641

15,252

12,265

4,116

20,384

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

78.2

44.0

9.3

83.0

52.0

10.2

73.6

36.8

8.6

1–19

7.8

16.8

14.0

6.2

16.5

15.3

9.3

17.1

13.0

20–39

6.0

14.6

18.4

4.6

12.5

19.8

7.4

16.5

17.4

40–59

2.9

8.5

17.1

2.0

6.7

18.2

3.6

10.1

16.2

60–79

1.5

5.2

13.7

1.2

3.7

13.0

1.7

6.4

14.2

80 or more

3.7

10.9

27.5

3.0

8.6

23.4

4.3

13.0

30.6

50 or more

6.4

19.6

49.2

5.2

15.0

44.9

7.6

23.7

52.5

90 or more

3.0

9.1

21.7

2.5

7.2

18.1

3.5

10.8

24.3

100

2.3

5.8

13.2

2.0

4.8

10.8

2.6

6.7

14.9

Mean proportion

8.6

24.3

51.5

6.7

19.5

48.2

10.3

28.6

54.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

39.2

43.4

56.8

39.5

40.6

53.7

39.1

45.3

59.1

Number (thousands)

23,796

7,757

35,636

11,531

3,641

15,252

12,265

4,116

20,384

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

91.0

85.8

84.8

91.6

85.9

84.3

90.4

85.7

85.2

1–19

3.1

4.6

3.8

3.1

4.2

3.9

3.2

4.9

3.7

20–39

2.8

4.0

4.3

2.8

4.1

4.3

2.8

4.0

4.4

40–59

1.3

2.7

3.6

1.2

2.2

4.0

1.4

3.3

3.4

60–79

0.9

1.4

2.2

0.7

1.9

2.3

1.1

0.9

2.2

80 or more

0.8

1.4

1.2

0.6

1.7

1.2

1.0

1.2

1.2

50 or more

2.3

4.1

5.2

1.8

4.5

5.4

2.9

3.7

4.9

90 or more

0.6

0.8

0.6

0.4

1.0

0.6

0.8

0.6

0.6

100

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.3

Mean proportion

3.2

5.3

6.1

2.8

5.5

6.3

3.6

5.0

5.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

35.7

37.0

40.0

33.4

39.3

40.2

37.7

35.1

39.9

Number (thousands)

23,796

7,757

35,636

11,531

3,641

15,252

12,265

4,116

20,384

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

87.8

76.6

67.8

89.4

76.7

64.7

86.4

76.4

70.2

1–19

6.0

10.6

14.7

5.2

10.4

15.3

6.7

10.8

14.3

20–39

3.0

6.7

10.5

2.7

6.4

11.9

3.3

7.0

9.5

40–59

1.5

3.7

4.9

1.2

4.1

5.9

1.9

3.4

4.1

60–79

0.7

1.3

1.4

0.7

1.4

1.6

0.8

1.3

1.3

80 or more

0.9

1.1

0.6

0.8

1.1

0.6

1.0

1.1

0.6

50 or more

2.2

4.2

3.7

1.9

4.4

4.3

2.5

3.9

3.3

90 or more

0.8

0.8

0.5

0.6

0.8

0.5

0.9

0.8

0.4

100

0.4

0.5

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.2

0.5

0.6

0.2

Mean proportion

3.5

6.7

8.4

3.1

6.8

9.5

4.0

6.7

7.6

Mean proportion (recipients only)

29.0

28.8

26.3

28.8

29.3

27.0

29.2

28.4

25.6

Number (thousands)

23,796

7,757

35,636

11,531

3,641

15,252

12,265

4,116

20,384

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

38.2

38.3

39.3

37.6

37.1

36.7

38.7

39.3

41.2

1–19

52.6

49.7

43.6

53.9

50.9

45.9

51.4

48.6

41.9

20–39

4.9

6.4

9.5

4.7

5.7

9.6

5.0

7.0

9.5

40–59

2.3

3.0

4.3

2.0

3.3

4.4

2.6

2.8

4.1

60–79

0.9

1.4

2.3

0.8

1.3

2.4

1.1

1.5

2.2

80 or more

1.1

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.7

1.0

1.2

0.9

1.1

50 or more

3.1

4.2

5.1

2.7

4.6

5.4

3.5

3.9

4.9

90 or more

1.0

1.0

0.6

0.9

1.3

0.6

1.1

0.7

0.6

100

0.9

0.8

0.4

0.8

1.1

0.4

0.9

0.5

0.5

Mean proportion

6.0

7.5

9.5

5.6

7.7

9.8

6.3

7.3

9.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

9.7

12.1

15.7

9.1

12.2

15.4

10.3

12.0

15.9

Number (thousands)

23,796

7,757

35,636

11,531

3,641

15,252

12,265

4,116

20,384

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

94.7

94.2

95.5

95.4

95.1

96.6

94.1

93.4

94.6

1–19

2.1

2.5

2.1

1.7

2.7

1.5

2.5

2.3

2.4

20–39

1.0

1.1

1.2

0.8

0.5

0.9

1.2

1.6

1.3

40–59

0.6

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.7

0.6

0.6

60–79

0.3

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.2

80 or more

1.4

1.5

0.8

1.4

1.1

0.6

1.3

1.8

0.9

50 or more

1.9

1.8

1.0

1.8

1.4

0.8

1.9

2.2

1.2

90 or more

1.3

1.4

0.7

1.4

0.9

0.6

1.2

1.8

0.9

100

1.2

1.3

0.7

1.2

0.8

0.6

1.1

1.6

0.8

Mean proportion

2.3

2.4

1.6

2.2

1.8

1.2

2.4

3.0

1.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

43.0

41.9

34.7

47.1

37.0

35.1

40.0

45.2

34.4

Number (thousands)

23,796

7,757

35,636

11,531

3,641

15,252

12,265

4,116

20,384

NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or food stamps) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Persons 65 or OlderTable 8.B2 Percentage distribution, by income source, sex, and age, 2006

Proportion of family income

All persons

Men

Women

65–69

70–74

75–79

80 or older

65–69

70–74

75–79

80 or older

65–69

70–74

75–79

80 or older

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

46.4

60.6

70.6

79.5

42.0

57.9

66.8

78.9

50.3

62.7

73.6

79.8

1–19

6.6

6.9

6.3

2.6

6.8

6.6

7.9

3.4

6.4

7.2

5.1

2.2

20–39

7.9

6.9

4.9

3.0

8.5

7.8

6.1

3.8

7.3

6.2

4.1

2.5

40–59

11.3

8.0

5.5

3.9

12.2

9.6

6.5

4.2

10.6

6.8

4.6

3.8

60–79

13.2

9.2

6.9

5.4

14.3

9.9

7.1

4.8

12.2

8.7

6.8

5.7

80 or more

14.6

8.3

5.8

5.6

16.1

8.2

5.6

4.9

13.2

8.4

5.9

6.0

50 or more

34.4

22.1

15.4

13.1

37.7

23.2

15.8

11.9

31.4

21.2

15.1

13.8

90 or more

9.4

4.5

3.1

2.4

10.5

4.5

3.3

2.4

8.4

4.6

2.9

2.5

100

3.8

2.3

1.3

1.0

4.0

2.4

1.6

1.0

3.5

2.3

1.1

1.0

Mean proportion

31.7

20.9

14.9

12.0

34.6

22.2

15.9

11.4

29.1

19.7

14.2

12.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

59.1

52.9

50.8

58.5

59.7

52.9

48.0

54.1

58.4

53.0

53.5

61.1

Number (thousands)

10,494

8,297

7,481

9,364

4,945

3,682

3,231

3,394

5,549

4,614

4,250

5,970

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

11.2

6.1

4.4

3.8

12.3

6.1

4.8

4.0

10.3

6.1

4.2

3.7

1–19

11.3

7.5

6.0

6.4

12.1

7.3

5.8

5.5

10.6

7.7

6.2

6.9

20–39

15.6

13.4

11.0

8.7

16.7

14.9

11.9

8.4

14.6

12.3

10.3

8.8

40–59

12.9

11.4

10.5

9.7

12.6

12.4

11.6

11.1

13.1

10.6

9.7

9.0

60–79

12.2

13.7

13.9

13.3

12.1

13.4

14.0

14.5

12.3

14.0

13.7

12.5

80 or more

36.8

47.8

54.2

58.1

34.2

45.9

51.9

56.6

39.2

49.4

56.0

59.0

50 or more

54.6

67.0

73.2

76.8

51.7

65.3

71.4

77.4

57.2

68.5

74.6

76.4

90 or more

29.9

39.7

46.2

50.0

27.8

38.0

43.5

47.3

31.8

41.0

48.2

51.6

100

15.1

20.3

23.8

27.9

14.1

19.2

20.9

24.9

16.0

21.2

26.0

29.6

Mean proportion

56.2

66.4

71.2

73.8

53.9

65.2

69.8

73.5

58.3

67.3

72.3

74.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

63.3

70.7

74.5

76.8

61.4

69.5

73.3

76.6

65.0

71.7

75.4

76.9

Number (thousands)

10,494

8,297

7,481

9,364

4,945

3,682

3,231

3,394

5,549

4,614

4,250

5,970

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

14.6

8.2

6.8

6.4

16.0

8.6

7.0

6.7

13.4

7.9

6.7

6.2

1–19

17.9

13.9

11.5

11.6

19.7

15.2

12.4

11.8

16.3

12.9

10.9

11.5

20–39

21.0

21.0

17.0

14.4

22.3

22.0

18.1

15.6

19.8

20.2

16.1

13.7

40–59

16.4

16.8

18.8

16.6

15.1

18.9

20.3

20.0

17.6

15.2

17.7

14.6

60–79

10.8

14.2

15.4

15.0

9.6

12.9

14.7

16.5

11.9

15.4

15.9

14.2

80 or more

19.2

25.8

30.5

36.1

17.4

22.4

27.5

29.5

20.9

28.4

32.7

39.8

50 or more

37.0

47.9

54.3

60.1

33.4

44.2

50.5

57.0

40.2

50.9

57.1

61.9

90 or more

15.6

20.0

23.7

28.4

14.1

17.6

20.7

22.0

16.9

21.9

25.9

32.1

100

9.7

12.4

14.1

16.9

8.7

11.2

12.0

12.5

10.6

13.4

15.8

19.5

Mean proportion

42.4

50.9

55.6

59.0

39.6

48.3

53.4

55.7

44.9

53.0

57.2

60.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

49.7

55.5

59.6

63.0

47.2

52.8

57.4

59.7

51.9

57.6

61.3

64.9

Number (thousands)

10,494

8,297

7,481

9,364

4,945

3,682

3,231

3,394

5,549

4,614

4,250

5,970

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

85.4

85.2

84.4

84.2

85.1

84.6

84.4

82.8

85.6

85.7

84.4

84.9

1–19

3.9

3.4

4.0

4.0

3.7

3.6

4.4

4.1

4.1

3.1

3.7

3.9

20–39

4.4

4.0

4.5

4.4

4.6

4.0

4.1

4.3

4.2

4.1

4.8

4.4

40–59

3.0

4.1

3.8

3.7

3.3

4.1

4.1

4.7

2.8

4.0

3.6

3.2

60–79

2.0

2.2

2.2

2.5

1.9

2.5

1.9

2.9

2.1

2.0

2.5

2.2

80 or more

1.3

1.1

1.0

1.3

1.3

1.1

1.1

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.3

50 or more

4.7

5.4

5.2

5.4

4.7

6.0

5.2

6.1

4.7

5.0

5.3

5.0

90 or more

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.9

0.7

0.4

0.4

0.8

0.4

0.6

0.4

1.0

100

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.2

0

0.2

0.2

0.5

Mean proportion

5.7

6.1

6.1

6.5

5.9

6.4

5.9

7.1

5.5

5.9

6.3

6.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

39.0

41.2

39.2

40.7

39.6

41.4

38.0

41.6

38.5

41.0

40.1

40.2

Number (thousands)

10,494

8,297

7,481

9,364

4,945

3,682

3,231

3,394

5,549

4,614

4,250

5,970

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

70.6

65.1

66.6

68.1

70.1

61.9

63.7

60.8

71.1

67.7

68.8

72.2

1–19

13.0

16.0

13.7

16.2

12.9

16.4

14.6

18.3

13.2

15.7

13.1

15.0

20–39

9.8

11.6

11.7

9.4

9.9

13.1

13.2

12.3

9.8

10.5

10.7

7.8

40–59

4.4

5.0

5.9

4.4

5.0

6.4

6.4

6.2

4.0

3.9

5.5

3.4

60–79

1.5

1.6

1.5

1.2

1.5

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.4

1.6

1.3

1.0

80 or more

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.6

50 or more

3.7

4.2

3.9

3.1

4.3

4.4

4.2

4.0

3.2

4.0

3.6

2.5

90 or more

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.7

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.4

100

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.2

0

0.5

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

Mean proportion

7.9

9.1

9.2

7.9

8.2

10.2

10.1

10.2

7.6

8.2

8.4

6.6

Mean proportion (recipients only)

26.8

26.2

27.4

24.8

27.5

26.8

27.8

26.1

26.3

25.5

27.1

23.7

Number (thousands)

10,494

8,297

7,481

9,364

4,945

3,682

3,231

3,394

5,549

4,614

4,250

5,970

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

37.6

39.0

39.6

41.1

36.3

36.7

36.1

37.8

38.8

40.8

42.3

43.0

1–19

47.3

44.8

42.0

39.7

48.8

47.2

44.5

41.8

45.9

42.8

40.2

38.6

20–39

8.8

9.2

10.0

10.3

8.6

9.1

10.2

10.9

9.0

9.4

9.9

10.0

40–59

3.9

3.8

4.6

4.9

4.1

3.9

4.8

5.1

3.6

3.7

4.4

4.8

60–79

1.6

2.4

2.6

2.7

1.5

2.3

3.2

3.1

1.7

2.4

2.1

2.5

80 or more

0.9

0.8

1.2

1.3

0.7

0.7

1.2

1.4

1.0

0.9

1.2

1.3

50 or more

3.9

5.2

5.7

5.8

3.9

5.5

6.5

6.3

4.0

5.0

5.2

5.6

90 or more

0.5

0.5

0.7

0.7

0.3

0.5

0.8

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

100

0.3

0.5

0.6

0.5

0.2

0.4

0.7

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.5

Mean proportion

8.5

9.2

10.2

10.4

8.5

9.2

10.9

11.2

8.5

9.2

9.6

10.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

13.6

15.0

16.9

17.7

13.3

14.5

17.1

18.0

14.0

15.5

16.7

17.5

Number (thousands)

10,494

8,297

7,481

9,364

4,945

3,682

3,231

3,394

5,549

4,614

4,250

5,970

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

95.5

95.2

95.6

95.6

96.5

95.8

97.1

96.9

94.5

94.8

94.4

94.9

1–19

2.1

2.2

1.8

2.0

1.5

2.1

1.1

1.5

2.7

2.2

2.4

2.4

20–39

0.9

1.1

1.3

1.4

1.0

0.9

1.0

0.7

0.9

1.2

1.5

1.7

40–59

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.5

0.6

0.8

0.4

60–79

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

0

0.2

0

0

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

80 or more

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

1.2

0.9

0.7

0.6

50 or more

1.2

1.1

1.1

0.8

0.8

0.9

0.8

0.8

1.7

1.3

1.2

0.8

90 or more

0.9

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

1.2

0.9

0.7

0.6

100

0.8

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.6

1.1

0.9

0.7

0.6

Mean proportion

1.7

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.2

1.4

1.1

1.1

2.1

1.9

1.9

1.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

36.7

35.6

34.4

31.5

34.4

33.4

37.8

36.3

38.0

37.0

33.1

29.9

Number (thousands)

10,494

8,297

7,481

9,364

4,945

3,682

3,231

3,394

5,549

4,614

4,250

5,970

NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or food stamps) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Persons 65 or OlderTable 8.B3 Percentage distribution, by income source, sex, and marital status, 2006

Proportion of family income

All persons

Men

Women

Married

Nonmarried

Married

Nonmarried

Married

Nonmarried

Total

Widowed

Divorced

Never married

Total

Widowed

Divorced

Never married

Total

Widowed

Divorced

Never married

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

59.2

68.9

72.6

59.5

66.3

55.6

69.3

73.1

63.5

70.8

63.7

68.7

72.4

57.2

62.7

1–19

7.4

3.3

3.0

4.3

3.1

7.4

3.0

3.2

2.6

1.9

7.4

3.4

3.0

5.2

4.2

20–39

7.3

3.8

3.5

4.7

3.6

7.6

4.5

4.2

5.6

4.0

6.9

3.5

3.4

4.2

3.3

40–59

8.7

5.7

5.6

6.7

4.9

9.6

5.8

5.6

7.3

4.1

7.5

5.7

5.6

6.4

5.5

60–79

8.9

8.9

7.8

12.0

8.6

10.0

8.4

7.3

10.8

7.3

7.5

9.0

7.9

12.7

9.8

80 or more

8.5

9.4

7.5

12.8

13.4

9.7

9.0

6.5

10.3

12.0

7.0

9.6

7.7

14.3

14.6

50 or more

22.3

21.6

18.5

28.4

23.9

25.2

20.3

16.9

24.2

20.9

18.5

22.0

18.9

30.9

26.4

90 or more

5.0

5.3

3.6

7.3

10.7

5.7

5.8

3.5

6.3

9.6

4.0

5.1

3.7

7.9

11.7

100

1.9

2.6

1.6

3.4

6.7

2.1

3.4

1.4

4.2

6.9

1.5

2.3

1.7

3.0

6.5

Mean proportion

21.4

19.3

16.5

25.3

22.7

23.9

18.8

15.5

22.5

19.8

18.2

19.5

16.8

26.9

25.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

52.4

62.0

60.3

62.5

67.4

53.8

61.3

57.7

61.7

67.9

50.2

62.3

60.8

62.9

67.1

Number (thousands)

19,739

15,897

10,608

3,093

1,340

11,124

4,128

1,993

1,150

601

8,614

11,769

8,615

1,944

739

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

6.1

7.3

5.1

9.9

15.8

6.8

8.8

5.8

10.4

14.7

5.2

6.8

4.9

9.6

16.7

1–19

8.1

8.0

7.6

9.7

6.4

8.9

6.1

5.7

7.2

5.7

6.9

8.7

8.0

11.2

6.9

20–39

12.9

11.6

10.8

14.0

11.8

14.0

11.8

11.0

13.5

10.9

11.5

11.5

10.7

14.3

12.5

40–59

12.1

10.2

10.3

10.7

9.7

12.3

11.2

11.8

11.8

10.6

11.7

9.8

9.9

10.1

9.0

60–79

14.6

11.4

11.8

9.9

11.7

14.3

10.9

12.4

8.8

9.5

15.1

11.6

11.7

10.5

13.4

80 or more

46.2

51.6

54.5

45.8

44.7

43.7

51.3

53.4

48.3

48.6

49.5

51.7

54.8

44.3

41.6

50 or more

66.6

68.0

71.4

61.7

60.6

63.7

67.8

71.8

63.6

63.1

70.3

68.1

71.3

60.5

58.7

90 or more

37.5

45.1

47.8

39.7

39.7

35.4

44.7

46.6

42.7

42.1

40.2

45.2

48.1

37.9

37.7

100

16.8

27.3

28.1

26.1

24.2

15.9

27.9

26.9

28.7

28.4

17.9

27.1

28.4

24.5

20.7

Mean proportion

65.4

67.5

70.4

62.3

60.9

63.2

67.3

70.4

64.3

63.4

68.2

67.6

70.4

61.2

58.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

69.7

72.9

74.1

69.2

72.3

67.9

73.8

74.7

71.7

74.3

72.0

72.5

74.0

67.7

70.6

Number (thousands)

19,739

15,897

10,608

3,093

1,340

11,124

4,128

1,993

1,150

601

8,614

11,769

8,615

1,944

739

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

8.7

10.1

7.8

12.6

19.1

9.6

12.0

9.7

13.0

17.0

7.6

9.4

7.3

12.4

20.9

1–19

15.0

12.8

12.3

15.0

10.9

16.2

12.9

12.5

13.6

13.4

13.4

12.8

12.2

15.8

8.9

20–39

20.4

16.0

15.5

17.3

17.1

21.0

16.6

17.1

15.9

14.6

19.5

15.8

15.1

18.1

19.2

40–59

18.7

15.0

15.1

16.0

14.3

18.2

18.2

18.5

18.7

18.0

19.3

13.9

14.3

14.4

11.3

60–79

14.4

12.7

13.6

10.7

11.7

13.5

11.7

14.3

8.7

8.7

15.7

13.1

13.4

11.9

14.1

80 or more

22.9

33.3

35.8

28.4

26.8

21.5

28.6

27.8

30.0

28.3

24.6

35.0

37.7

27.4

25.6

50 or more

45.7

53.6

57.0

47.4

44.7

43.1

49.7

51.9

47.8

46.5

49.1

55.0

58.2

47.2

43.3

90 or more

16.9

27.6

29.4

23.5

23.5

16.0

23.7

22.4

25.0

24.3

18.1

28.9

31.0

22.7

22.8

100

9.1

18.2

18.5

17.9

16.8

8.7

16.8

14.2

18.7

21.1

9.6

18.8

19.5

17.5

13.4

Mean proportion

48.8

54.8

57.5

50.1

47.8

47.0

51.5

52.6

51.1

48.9

51.2

56.0

58.6

49.4

46.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

53.5

61.0

62.4

57.3

59.1

52.0

58.5

58.3

58.7

59.0

55.4

61.8

63.3

56.4

59.3

Number (thousands)

19,739

15,897

10,608

3,093

1,340

11,124

4,128

1,993

1,150

601

8,614

11,769

8,615

1,944

739

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

83.0

87.0

86.6

87.5

87.1

83.4

86.8

84.8

89.2

88.2

82.6

87.0

87.0

86.5

86.3

1–19

4.6

2.8

3.1

2.6

1.4

4.5

2.3

2.5

2.4

1.3

4.7

3.0

3.2

2.7

1.6

20–39

4.8

3.7

4.2

3.0

2.8

4.7

3.1

4.3

2.2

2.8

4.9

4.0

4.2

3.5

2.9

40–59

4.2

2.9

2.7

3.5

4.3

4.2

3.5

3.3

3.7

4.8

4.2

2.7

2.6

3.4

3.8

60–79

2.4

2.1

2.2

1.5

2.1

2.3

2.4

3.0

0.9

1.3

2.5

1.9

2.0

1.8

2.7

80 or more

1.0

1.4

1.3

1.9

2.2

1.0

1.8

2.1

1.6

1.6

1.0

1.3

1.1

2.1

2.7

50 or more

5.5

4.7

4.4

5.0

7.0

5.3

5.7

6.1

4.4

5.8

5.7

4.4

4.0

5.3

8.0

90 or more

0.4

0.9

0.8

1.0

1.6

0.4

1.1

1.5

0.7

1.0

0.3

0.8

0.6

1.2

2.0

100

0.1

0.4

0.3

0.6

0.8

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.6

0.4

0.1

0.4

0.3

0.5

1.0

Mean proportion

6.5

5.6

5.6

5.7

6.7

6.3

6.3

7.2

5.0

5.9

6.6

5.4

5.2

6.2

7.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

38.1

43.1

41.4

45.8

51.7

38.0

47.5

47.3

46.1

49.8

38.2

41.6

39.8

45.7

53.1

Number (thousands)

19,739

15,897

10,608

3,093

1,340

11,124

4,128

1,993

1,150

601

8,614

11,769

8,615

1,944

739

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

62.4

74.7

72.7

77.8

80.3

63.0

69.3

63.7

73.9

77.3

61.5

76.5

74.7

80.1

82.7

1–19

17.3

11.5

13.3

8.6

6.4

17.0

10.8

14.4

8.2

5.4

17.6

11.8

13.0

8.8

7.3

20–39

12.7

7.9

8.3

7.5

7.7

12.4

10.6

12.6

9.5

8.5

13.1

6.9

7.3

6.4

7.0

40–59

5.5

4.1

3.9

4.5

3.8

5.4

7.1

6.9

6.6

5.7

5.5

3.1

3.2

3.2

2.3

60–79

1.6

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.6

1.7

1.5

1.7

2.5

1.7

1.0

1.2

1.0

0.1

80 or more

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.3

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.9

0

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.6

50 or more

4.0

3.3

3.2

3.3

3.8

4.0

4.9

4.5

4.3

6.5

4.0

2.7

2.9

2.7

1.6

90 or more

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.3

0.2

0.5

0.4

0.7

0

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.5

0

100

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.6

0

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0

Mean proportion

9.8

6.8

7.0

6.4

6.2

9.6

9.3

10.3

8.1

8.5

10.0

5.9

6.3

5.4

4.4

Mean proportion (recipients only)

26.0

26.8

25.6

28.8

31.6

26.0

30.4

28.3

31.0

37.3

25.9

25.2

24.7

27.2

25.5

Number (thousands)

19,739

15,897

10,608

3,093

1,340

11,124

4,128

1,993

1,150

601

8,614

11,769

8,615

1,944

739

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

32.5

47.7

46.3

50.4

49.2

32.8

47.2

44.4

48.0

50.7

32.0

47.9

46.7

51.8

48.0

1–19

49.0

36.9

37.2

37.4

33.6

49.1

37.3

37.8

39.6

30.3

48.9

36.7

37.0

36.1

36.3

20–39

10.5

8.4

9.2

5.7

9.1

10.3

7.7

8.8

6.3

7.6

10.8

8.6

9.3

5.3

10.2

40–59

4.5

3.9

4.1

4.0

3.3

4.5

4.2

4.6

3.8

5.2

4.6

3.8

4.0

4.2

1.8

60–79

2.4

2.1

2.2

1.7

2.4

2.3

2.6

3.2

1.8

4.1

2.6

1.9

1.9

1.7

1.0

80 or more

1.1

1.0

1.0

0.7

2.4

1.0

1.0

1.1

0.5

2.0

1.1

1.0

1.0

0.8

2.7

50 or more

5.4

4.8

4.9

3.9

7.0

5.3

5.6

6.3

3.7

9.4

5.6

4.4

4.5

3.9

5.0

90 or more

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.4

2.1

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.2

1.4

0.7

0.6

0.4

0.5

2.7

100

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.3

1.8

0.4

0.6

0.7

0.2

1.4

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.4

2.0

Mean proportion

10.4

8.4

8.9

7.0

9.6

10.2

8.7

9.7

7.1

11.1

10.7

8.3

8.7

7.0

8.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

15.4

16.1

16.6

14.2

18.8

15.1

16.5

17.5

13.6

22.5

15.8

16.0

16.4

14.6

16.0

Number (thousands)

19,739

15,897

10,608

3,093

1,340

11,124

4,128

1,993

1,150

601

8,614

11,769

8,615

1,944

739

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

97.1

93.4

94.3

93.5

90.4

97.0

95.2

95.7

95.9

93.4

97.2

92.8

94.0

92.0

87.9

1–19

1.4

2.9

2.7

2.4

3.2

1.4

1.9

2.1

0.8

2.4

1.4

3.2

2.9

3.3

3.9

20–39

0.8

1.6

1.4

2.0

2.0

0.8

1.2

1.0

1.2

1.0

0.8

1.8

1.4

2.5

2.7

40–59

0.2

0.8

0.7

0.7

1.5

0.2

0.6

0.4

0.6

1.1

0.1

0.9

0.7

0.8

1.7

60–79

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.6

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.4

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.8

80 or more

0.5

1.1

0.8

1.3

2.3

0.5

1.0

0.7

1.3

1.6

0.5

1.1

0.8

1.3

3.0

50 or more

0.6

1.6

1.3

1.6

3.1

0.6

1.3

0.9

1.5

2.3

0.6

1.7

1.3

1.6

3.8

90 or more

0.5

1.1

0.8

1.3

2.3

0.5

0.9

0.7

1.2

1.4

0.5

1.1

0.8

1.3

3.0

100

0.5

1.0

0.8

1.1

2.1

0.5

0.9

0.7

1.2

1.0

0.5

1.1

0.8

1.1

3.0

Mean proportion

1.0

2.3

1.9

2.5

4.3

1.0

1.9

1.4

2.1

2.8

1.0

2.5

2.0

2.7

5.6

Mean proportion (recipients only)

33.1

35.5

32.7

37.9

44.9

32.8

39.0

32.7

50.8

42.3

33.4

34.7

32.7

34.1

46.0

Number (thousands)

19,739

15,897

10,608

3,093

1,340

11,124

4,128

1,993

1,150

601

8,614

11,769

8,615

1,944

739

NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or food stamps) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Persons 65 or OlderTable 8.B4 Percentage distribution, by source of family income, family Social Security beneficiary status, sex, and marital status, 2006

Proportion of family income

Persons in beneficiary families

Persons in nonbeneficiary families

All

Men

Women

All

Men

Women

Total

Married

Non- married

Total

Married

Non- married

Total

Married

Non- married

Total

Married

Non- married

Total

Married

Non- married

Total

Married

Non- married

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

66.6

62.1

72.3

62.8

58.9

73.6

69.4

66.1

71.8

33.4

28.6

38.6

28.9

24.9

37.7

37.4

34.6

38.9

1–19

5.9

7.9

3.4

6.7

8.0

3.3

5.3

7.8

3.5

2.0

2.2

1.8

1.8

2.3

0.8

2.2

2.1

2.3

20–39

6.0

7.6

3.9

7.1

8.0

4.7

5.2

7.2

3.7

3.2

3.9

2.5

3.8

4.2

2.9

2.7

3.5

2.3

40–59

7.6

9.0

5.9

9.0

10.1

6.1

6.7

7.7

5.9

4.9

5.5

4.1

4.9

5.4

3.6

4.9

5.7

4.4

60–79

9.2

9.1

9.3

9.9

10.3

8.7

8.6

7.5

9.5

6.3

7.2

5.3

7.1

7.5

6.2

5.6

6.7

4.9

80 or more

4.7

4.3

5.1

4.5

4.8

3.6

4.8

3.7

5.7

50.2

52.5

47.7

53.5

55.7

48.9

47.3

47.4

47.2

50 or more

18.1

18.4

17.8

19.4

20.8

15.4

17.2

15.3

18.6

59.0

62.8

55.0

62.8

66.1

55.8

55.7

57.3

54.7

90 or more

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.3

0.7

1.2

1.0

1.3

43.4

44.6

42.0

45.9

47.2

43.0

41.1

40.3

41.6

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

23.5

21.5

25.7

24.0

22.1

28.0

23.1

20.3

24.6

Mean proportion

16.7

17.7

15.5

18.2

19.7

13.9

15.7

15.2

16.0

56.7

60.1

53.2

60.6

63.4

54.8

53.3

54.7

52.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

50.1

46.7

55.9

48.8

47.9

52.7

51.2

44.9

56.9

85.2

84.1

86.6

85.3

84.3

88.0

85.1

83.7

85.9

Number (thousands)

32,315

18,024

14,291

13,693

10,061

3,632

18,622

7,963

10,660

3,321

1,715

1,606

1,559

1,063

496

1,761

652

1,110

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

71.5

70.6

72.5

72.0

71.5

73.2

71.0

69.1

72.1

1–19

8.5

8.4

8.5

8.6

9.3

6.4

8.4

7.3

9.2

3.9

4.0

3.7

4.4

4.8

3.5

3.4

2.7

3.8

20–39

13.2

13.7

12.6

14.5

15.0

13.0

12.3

12.1

12.5

3.3

4.4

2.2

3.8

4.2

2.8

2.9

4.6

1.9

40–59

12.0

12.8

11.0

13.0

13.3

12.4

11.3

12.3

10.5

3.2

3.8

2.7

3.2

3.7

2.0

3.3

3.8

2.9

60–79

14.1

15.6

12.2

14.4

15.3

12.0

13.8

15.9

12.3

4.3

4.8

3.8

3.9

4.3

3.1

4.6

5.5

4.1

80 or more

52.2

49.5

55.7

49.5

47.1

56.2

54.2

52.4

55.5

13.8

12.5

15.2

12.7

11.4

15.3

14.9

14.3

15.2

50 or more

72.1

71.0

73.4

70.1

68.5

74.4

73.5

74.2

73.0

20.3

20.1

20.4

18.8

18.4

19.7

21.5

22.9

20.7

90 or more

43.9

40.1

48.7

41.0

38.2

49.0

46.0

42.5

48.6

11.4

10.4

12.6

10.5

9.4

12.7

12.3

11.9

12.5

100

23.1

18.0

29.6

20.8

17.2

30.8

24.8

19.0

29.1

6.1

4.5

7.7

4.9

4.1

6.8

7.0

5.2

8.1

Mean proportion

71.2

69.8

72.9

69.6

68.0

74.0

72.3

72.0

72.6

19.3

19.1

19.5

18.1

17.7

18.8

20.4

21.3

19.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

71.2

69.8

72.9

69.6

68.0

74.0

72.3

72.0

72.6

67.7

64.9

70.8

64.6

62.1

70.2

70.3

69.0

71.1

Number (thousands)

32,315

18,024

14,291

13,693

10,061

3,632

18,622

7,963

10,660

3,321

1,715

1,606

1,559

1,063

496

1,761

652

1,110

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

84.7

82.7

87.3

84.2

83.0

87.5

85.2

82.4

87.2

85.4

86.1

84.5

85.4

87.0

82.1

85.3

84.8

85.6

1–19

4.1

4.9

3.0

4.2

4.8

2.4

4.0

5.1

3.2

1.6

1.8

1.3

2.1

2.3

1.7

1.1

1.1

1.1

20–39

4.6

5.1

4.0

4.6

5.0

3.3

4.6

5.1

4.2

1.7

2.0

1.4

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.7

2.5

1.3

40–59

3.7

4.3

3.0

4.1

4.3

3.7

3.4

4.3

2.8

2.8

3.3

2.2

2.7

3.0

2.0

2.8

3.8

2.3

60–79

2.3

2.4

2.1

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.2

2.5

2.0

1.8

2.0

1.6

1.9

1.8

2.2

1.7

2.5

1.3

80 or more

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

6.8

4.8

9.1

6.3

4.4

10.4

7.3

5.4

8.4

50 or more

4.6

5.2

3.9

4.9

5.1

4.6

4.4

5.3

3.7

10.4

8.9

12.1

9.8

7.9

13.9

11.0

10.5

11.3

90 or more

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.2

5.1

3.2

7.0

4.5

2.9

8.0

5.5

3.7

6.6

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.2

0.7

3.8

1.4

0.7

2.9

3.0

0.8

4.2

Mean proportion

5.7

6.3

5.0

6.0

6.2

5.3

5.5

6.4

4.8

9.8

8.4

11.3

9.3

7.6

13.0

10.3

9.8

10.6

Mean proportion (recipients only)

37.3

36.4

39.0

37.7

36.4

42.6

37.1

36.4

37.8

67.2

60.9

73.2

63.9

58.4

72.5

70.1

64.4

73.7

Number (thousands)

32,315

18,024

14,291

13,693

10,061

3,632

18,622

7,963

10,660

3,321

1,715

1,606

1,559

1,063

496

1,761

652

1,110

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

65.8

60.2

73.0

62.1

60.6

66.2

68.6

59.6

75.3

87.4

85.4

89.5

87.4

85.4

91.8

87.3

85.4

88.5

1–19

15.9

18.6

12.5

16.6

18.4

11.8

15.3

18.8

12.7

3.2

3.3

3.1

3.6

3.6

3.5

2.9

2.7

3.0

20–39

11.5

13.7

8.7

13.0

13.4

11.9

10.3

14.0

7.6

1.6

2.3

0.9

2.0

2.5

0.8

1.4

2.1

1.0

40–59

5.3

5.9

4.6

6.4

5.9

8.0

4.4

5.9

3.4

0.9

1.4

0.5

1.1

1.5

0

0.8

1.0

0.7

60–79

1.4

1.6

1.2

1.6

1.5

1.9

1.2

1.6

0.9

1.9

2.0

1.8

1.5

1.9

0.6

2.3

2.0

2.4

80 or more

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

4.9

5.6

4.2

4.5

5.0

3.4

5.3

6.7

4.5

50 or more

3.3

3.6

3.0

4.0

3.6

5.0

2.8

3.5

2.3

7.3

8.4

6.1

6.7

7.9

4.0

7.9

9.2

7.1

90 or more

0

0

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0.1

4.6

5.5

3.6

4.3

4.9

3.1

4.8

6.4

3.8

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.3

2.3

2.4

2.7

2.9

2.6

Mean proportion

8.6

9.9

6.9

9.8

9.8

10.1

7.6

10.0

5.8

7.3

8.6

6.0

6.9

8.1

4.1

7.7

9.3

6.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

25.1

24.8

25.5

26.0

24.8

29.8

24.2

24.8

23.5

58.0

58.7

56.8

54.5

55.7

50.0

61.0

63.7

59.0

Number (thousands)

32,315

18,024

14,291

13,693

10,061

3,632

18,622

7,963

10,660

3,321

1,715

1,606

1,559

1,063

496

1,761

652

1,110

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

38.4

31.8

46.7

35.9

32.1

46.2

40.3

31.4

46.9

47.9

39.6

56.8

44.0

39.3

54.2

51.4

40.0

58.0

1–19

44.3

49.6

37.6

46.5

49.6

37.7

42.7

49.6

37.5

37.1

43.2

30.5

41.2

44.5

34.3

33.4

41.2

28.8

20–39

9.9

10.8

8.8

10.0

10.6

8.3

9.9

11.1

9.0

5.9

7.1

4.6

5.9

7.3

3.0

5.8

6.7

5.3

40–59

4.4

4.7

4.1

4.6

4.7

4.4

4.3

4.7

4.1

2.4

2.9

1.9

3.0

3.1

2.8

1.9

2.6

1.5

60–79

2.4

2.6

2.2

2.6

2.5

2.9

2.3

2.7

2.0

1.0

1.3

0.7

1.0

1.1

0.7

1.0

1.6

0.7

80 or more

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.6

0.6

0.6

5.7

6.0

5.5

4.8

4.7

5.0

6.5

8.0

5.7

50 or more

4.9

5.1

4.5

5.2

5.1

5.4

4.6

5.2

4.2

7.5

8.0

7.0

7.0

6.9

7.3

8.0

9.8

6.9

90 or more

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0

0.1

0.1

0.1

5.2

5.6

4.8

4.6

4.4

5.0

5.8

7.5

4.7

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4.8

5.0

4.6

4.3

3.9

5.0

5.2

6.7

4.4

Mean proportion

9.4

10.2

8.3

9.7

10.1

8.6

9.2

10.5

8.2

10.8

12.1

9.5

10.5

11.0

9.5

11.1

13.8

9.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

15.2

15.0

15.6

15.1

14.8

16.0

15.3

15.2

15.4

20.8

20.0

22.0

18.8

18.1

20.7

22.8

23.0

22.6

Number (thousands)

32,315

18,024

14,291

13,693

10,061

3,632

18,622

7,963

10,660

3,321

1,715

1,606

1,559

1,063

496

1,761

652

1,110

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

96.4

97.7

94.8

97.3

97.6

96.3

95.7

97.7

94.2

86.4

90.9

81.7

90.1

91.5

87.2

83.1

89.8

79.2

1–19

2.0

1.4

2.7

1.5

1.4

1.7

2.3

1.3

3.1

2.8

1.7

4.0

2.0

1.6

3.1

3.5

1.9

4.4

20–39

1.1

0.8

1.6

0.9

0.7

1.2

1.3

0.8

1.7

1.5

1.1

1.8

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.8

1.0

2.2

40–59

0.4

0.1

0.7

0.3

0.2

0.7

0.5

0.1

0.8

0.8

0.5

1.2

0.3

0.4

0.2

1.3

0.6

1.7

60–79

0.1

0

0.2

0

0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.3

0.4

0.2

0.5

0.2

0.7

80 or more

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

8.0

5.5

10.7

6.0

4.9

8.3

9.8

6.5

11.8

50 or more

0.2

0.1

0.4

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.1

0.5

8.9

6.1

11.8

6.5

5.6

8.6

10.9

7.1

13.2

90 or more

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7.9

5.5

10.5

5.8

4.9

7.8

9.8

6.5

11.8

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7.7

5.5

10.0

5.7

4.9

7.3

9.5

6.5

11.2

Mean proportion

0.8

0.4

1.2

0.6

0.4

0.9

0.9

0.4

1.3

9.4

6.5

12.6

6.9

5.9

9.1

11.6

7.4

14.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

21.2

18.9

22.6

20.6

18.8

23.9

21.5

19.0

22.3

69.3

70.9

68.5

70.2

69.7

71.0

68.9

72.6

67.8

Number (thousands)

32,315

18,024

14,291

13,693

10,061

3,632

18,622

7,963

10,660

3,321

1,715

1,606

1,559

1,063

496

1,761

652

1,110

NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or food stamps) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Persons 65 or OlderTable 8.B5 Percentage distribution, by source of family income, race, Hispanic origin, and sex, 2006

Proportion of family income

White alone

Black alone

Asian alone

Hispanic origin

All persons

Men

Women

All persons

Men

Women

All persons

Men

Women

All persons

Men

Women

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

64.6

60.1

68.0

61.0

58.7

62.5

43.4

42.6

44.1

47.2

44.8

48.9

1–19

5.8

6.5

5.2

4.6

5.2

4.2

2.6

2.7

2.5

3.0

2.9

3.1

20–39

5.8

6.8

5.0

4.9

5.7

4.3

6.0

7.1

5.3

4.5

4.5

4.6

40–59

7.3

8.5

6.4

8.4

9.6

7.6

4.8

5.6

4.2

8.0

9.9

6.6

60–79

8.6

9.4

8.0

10.4

10.1

10.5

13.0

14.3

12.0

14.2

15.1

13.5

80 or more

7.9

8.7

7.3

10.8

10.6

10.9

30.2

27.8

32.0

23.2

22.9

23.3

50 or more

20.6

23.0

18.9

25.8

25.7

25.8

45.7

44.3

46.7

41.6

43.5

40.3

90 or more

4.4

5.1

3.9

7.0

7.3

6.8

19.4

19.8

19.2

15.3

16.0

14.7

100

1.9

2.1

1.7

4.0

4.9

3.4

6.7

5.9

7.2

10.5

11.0

10.2

Mean proportion

19.3

21.6

17.5

23.5

24.2

23.0

42.0

41.6

42.3

37.6

39.1

36.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

54.5

54.2

54.9

60.2

58.6

61.4

74.2

72.4

75.6

71.2

70.9

71.4

Number (thousands)

30,973

13,366

17,608

3,010

1,179

1,830

1,164

487

677

2,373

1,004

1,369

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

5.7

6.5

5.0

9.7

9.9

9.6

25.2

25.1

25.2

19.2

19.6

18.9

1–19

7.7

8.0

7.4

7.0

5.9

7.7

19.0

16.9

20.5

12.5

11.5

13.3

20–39

12.3

13.5

11.4

12.4

12.3

12.4

12.1

13.6

11.0

13.4

15.7

11.7

40–59

11.4

12.2

10.8

9.9

11.2

9.1

7.1

7.3

7.0

8.4

8.7

8.1

60–79

13.8

13.8

13.7

8.8

9.0

8.7

9.0

10.1

8.3

10.0

10.4

9.7

80 or more

49.1

45.9

51.6

52.2

51.7

52.5

27.6

27.0

28.0

36.4

34.1

38.2

50 or more

68.5

65.6

70.7

65.3

65.8

64.9

40.9

42.5

39.8

50.4

48.1

52.1

90 or more

41.0

37.7

43.5

47.1

46.9

47.2

23.8

23.3

24.2

32.7

30.6

34.2

100

20.4

18.0

22.2

35.7

34.8

36.3

14.4

13.3

15.2

24.3

22.1

25.9

Mean proportion

67.3

64.9

69.1

66.6

66.9

66.4

42.4

43.0

41.9

52.1

50.8

53.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

71.3

69.4

72.7

73.7

74.2

73.4

56.7

57.4

56.1

64.6

63.2

65.6

Number (thousands)

30,973

13,366

17,608

3,010

1,179

1,830

1,164

487

677

2,373

1,004

1,369

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

8.1

9.2

7.3

13.8

14.0

13.6

29.5

30.9

28.6

21.4

21.7

21.2

1–19

13.8

15.4

12.6

11.7

11.7

11.8

23.0

20.6

24.7

16.0

16.2

15.8

20–39

18.7

20.3

17.6

17.1

17.7

16.8

13.5

14.1

13.1

15.1

17.5

13.4

40–59

17.8

18.9

16.9

12.7

13.4

12.2

9.3

10.6

8.4

9.9

9.6

10.0

60–79

14.4

13.5

15.0

9.4

10.3

8.8

7.4

8.1

6.9

10.0

10.2

9.9

80 or more

27.2

22.8

30.5

35.3

32.9

36.8

17.2

15.7

18.3

27.6

24.8

29.6

50 or more

50.0

45.2

53.6

49.9

48.0

51.1

29.2

29.3

29.2

42.1

39.3

44.1

90 or more

21.1

17.3

24.0

30.3

28.5

31.4

14.5

13.2

15.5

23.5

21.1

25.2

100

12.2

9.9

14.0

24.2

22.2

25.5

10.2

9.7

10.5

17.6

15.5

19.2

Mean proportion

52.0

48.4

54.8

53.6

52.5

54.4

32.8

32.6

33.0

45.0

43.1

46.4

Mean proportion (recipients only)

56.7

53.3

59.2

62.2

61.0

62.9

46.6

47.2

46.2

57.3

55.0

58.9

Number (thousands)

30,973

13,366

17,608

3,010

1,179

1,830

1,164

487

677

2,373

1,004

1,369

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

84.6

84.2

85.0

85.5

84.4

86.2

88.0

88.0

88.0

92.2

91.7

92.6

1–19

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.3

4.0

2.8

4.3

4.2

4.5

1.8

1.7

1.9

20–39

4.4

4.3

4.5

3.3

3.3

3.4

4.2

4.8

3.7

2.3

2.4

2.2

40–59

3.8

4.2

3.4

3.2

3.0

3.3

1.3

0.9

1.5

2.0

2.1

2.0

60–79

2.2

2.3

2.2

2.7

2.9

2.5

1.3

0.7

1.7

1.2

1.6

1.0

80 or more

1.1

1.1

1.1

2.1

2.4

1.9

0.9

1.4

0.5

0.4

0.6

0.4

50 or more

5.1

5.3

4.9

6.4

7.4

5.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.7

3.4

2.3

90 or more

0.5

0.5

0.6

1.2

1.6

1.0

0.7

0.9

0.5

0.2

0.3

0

100

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.6

0.8

0.4

0

0

0

0

0.1

0

Mean proportion

6.1

6.3

5.9

6.7

7.2

6.3

4.2

4.2

4.2

3.1

3.6

2.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

39.6

39.8

39.5

45.9

46.1

45.8

35.1

35.1

35.2

40.4

42.8

38.4

Number (thousands)

30,973

13,366

17,608

3,010

1,179

1,830

1,164

487

677

2,373

1,004

1,369

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

66.0

63.0

68.4

79.5

76.5

81.4

83.2

81.1

84.8

84.7

83.8

85.3

1–19

15.6

16.2

15.2

8.8

9.0

8.6

7.8

8.1

7.6

7.3

7.5

7.1

20–39

11.2

12.5

10.2

6.5

8.6

5.1

4.4

5.0

3.9

4.8

5.7

4.2

40–59

5.2

6.2

4.4

2.9

3.6

2.5

2.2

3.0

1.6

2.1

1.7

2.4

60–79

1.5

1.7

1.3

1.1

1.1

1.0

0.9

1.1

0.8

0.5

0.7

0.4

80 or more

0.5

0.5

0.5

1.3

1.1

1.5

1.5

1.8

1.4

0.5

0.5

0.6

50 or more

3.7

4.3

3.2

3.7

3.9

3.5

3.3

3.8

2.9

1.8

1.7

1.8

90 or more

0.4

0.4

0.3

1.2

0.9

1.4

1.5

1.8

1.4

0.3

0.2

0.4

100

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.6

0.4

0.7

1.5

1.8

1.4

0.3

0.2

0.4

Mean proportion

8.8

9.9

8.0

6.1

6.9

5.6

5.3

6.2

4.7

4.0

4.1

3.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

25.9

26.8

25.2

29.8

29.6

29.9

31.7

32.8

30.7

25.8

25.3

26.2

Number (thousands)

30,973

13,366

17,608

3,010

1,179

1,830

1,164

487

677

2,373

1,004

1,369

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

36.1

33.7

37.9

69.5

66.6

71.3

43.0

41.3

44.2

69.5

66.8

71.4

1–19

45.3

47.6

43.7

25.6

28.1

24.1

43.7

44.9

42.9

23.7

25.4

22.5

20–39

10.3

10.3

10.4

2.5

2.4

2.5

8.3

9.7

7.4

4.3

4.7

4.1

40–59

4.6

4.7

4.5

1.3

2.0

0.8

3.6

2.8

4.2

1.0

0.9

1.0

60–79

2.5

2.7

2.4

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.7

1.2

0.4

80 or more

1.1

1.1

1.1

0.5

0.3

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

1.0

0.6

50 or more

5.6

5.8

5.4

1.9

2.1

1.7

2.8

2.5

3.0

1.9

2.8

1.3

90 or more

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.3

0.7

0.6

0.4

0.8

0.6

0.9

0.5

100

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.3

0.5

0.4

0.1

0.6

0.5

0.7

0.4

Mean proportion

10.3

10.5

10.1

3.3

3.3

3.3

7.1

7.2

7.0

3.7

4.3

3.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

16.1

15.8

16.3

10.7

9.9

11.3

12.4

12.2

12.5

12.2

13.0

11.5

Number (thousands)

30,973

13,366

17,608

3,010

1,179

1,830

1,164

487

677

2,373

1,004

1,369

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

96.6

97.3

96.0

88.0

92.1

85.4

87.3

88.5

86.4

87.5

88.7

86.5

1–19

1.6

1.2

1.9

4.8

3.1

5.9

5.5

5.2

5.8

5.8

5.2

6.3

20–39

0.9

0.7

1.0

3.0

1.9

3.8

2.0

2.3

1.8

2.9

2.9

3.0

40–59

0.3

0.2

0.3

1.6

1.0

2.0

1.3

0.5

1.9

1.4

1.1

1.7

60–79

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.7

0.1

1.0

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.6

0.4

80 or more

0.5

0.4

0.6

1.9

1.8

1.9

3.5

3.1

3.8

1.9

1.6

2.1

50 or more

0.7

0.5

0.8

3.3

2.3

3.9

5.0

4.0

5.8

2.8

2.2

3.2

90 or more

0.5

0.4

0.6

1.8

1.8

1.9

3.5

3.1

3.8

1.9

1.6

2.1

100

0.5

0.4

0.6

1.8

1.8

1.8

3.5

3.1

3.7

1.9

1.6

2.1

Mean proportion

1.1

0.9

1.3

4.5

3.2

5.3

5.6

5.0

6.1

4.3

3.8

4.7

Mean proportion (recipients only)

32.3

32.3

32.4

37.2

40.8

36.0

44.4

43.3

45.1

34.4

33.7

34.7

Number (thousands)

30,973

13,366

17,608

3,010

1,179

1,830

1,164

487

677

2,373

1,004

1,369

NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or food stamps) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Persons 65 or OlderTable 8.B6 Percentage distribution, by source of family income, race, Hispanic origin, sex, and marital status, 2006

Proportion of family income

White alone

Black alone

Asian alone

Hispanic origin

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Married

Non- married

Married

Non- married

Married

Non- married

Married

Non- married

Married

Non- married

Married

Non- married

Married

Non- married

Married

Non- married

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

56.9

69.2

65.0

70.4

47.6

73.7

57.0

64.4

41.9

46.2

47.4

41.1

43.2

48.1

48.9

48.9

1–19

7.7

3.2

7.6

3.3

7.3

2.4

5.2

3.9

3.0

1.1

4.2

1.1

4.3

0.1

4.5

2.2

20–39

7.5

4.8

6.9

3.6

8.2

2.2

7.8

3.1

7.9

2.9

6.3

4.4

5.3

3.0

6.2

3.5

40–59

9.5

5.8

7.2

5.8

13.0

5.0

12.3

6.0

5.6

6.0

5.5

3.0

11.3

6.9

9.4

4.8

60–79

9.6

8.7

7.3

8.6

12.5

6.9

7.2

11.6

15.2

9.4

11.7

12.3

13.3

18.6

11.4

14.9

80 or more

8.9

8.3

6.0

8.3

11.3

9.7

10.6

11.0

26.5

34.4

25.0

38.1

22.7

23.4

19.7

25.7

50 or more

24.0

20.0

17.2

20.2

30.7

18.9

24.2

26.4

44.4

44.0

39.6

52.8

42.0

46.4

35.2

43.5

90 or more

5.0

5.4

3.3

4.3

8.3

5.8

7.7

6.5

18.8

24.9

17.3

20.9

15.8

16.6

13.4

15.6

100

1.8

3.2

1.2

2.0

5.4

4.1

4.2

3.2

5.6

7.6

5.4

8.8

10.9

11.1

10.1

10.2

Mean proportion

22.7

18.5

17.0

18.0

29.1

17.5

23.9

22.7

41.4

42.7

37.1

46.8

38.8

39.7

33.7

38.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

52.7

60.0

48.6

60.8

55.6

66.7

55.6

63.8

71.2

79.3

70.4

79.6

68.3

76.4

65.8

74.9

Number (thousands)

9,886

3,480

7,731

9,877

680

499

464

1,367

409

78

316

361

664

340

536

833

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

6.0

7.8

4.2

5.7

8.2

12.3

8.4

10.0

23.4

33.7

24.3

25.9

18.5

21.9

16.3

20.6

1–19

8.7

6.0

6.7

8.0

6.9

4.6

5.9

8.4

17.5

14.2

14.7

25.6

12.5

9.5

11.0

14.8

20–39

13.8

12.6

11.7

11.3

16.3

6.7

9.5

13.4

14.3

9.9

11.3

10.8

14.6

17.7

12.4

11.3

40–59

12.5

11.5

11.6

10.2

12.5

9.4

13.2

7.7

7.8

4.3

8.7

5.5

9.2

7.7

8.4

7.9

60–79

14.6

11.7

15.3

12.5

10.7

6.6

13.1

7.2

11.4

3.0

12.8

4.3

10.8

9.6

12.0

8.3

80 or more

44.4

50.3

50.5

52.4

45.4

60.4

50.0

53.3

25.5

34.8

28.2

27.9

34.3

33.6

39.9

37.1

50 or more

64.7

67.9

71.5

70.1

61.7

71.4

68.5

63.7

42.7

41.3

47.2

33.4

49.0

46.2

57.0

48.9

90 or more

35.6

43.5

40.7

45.7

40.1

56.3

43.9

48.3

22.8

25.8

25.9

22.8

30.0

31.6

35.4

33.5

100

15.2

25.7

17.4

26.0

27.4

44.8

31.1

38.1

12.6

17.1

13.1

16.9

20.0

26.2

24.5

26.9

Mean proportion

64.0

67.3

69.2

69.0

63.5

71.4

67.8

65.9

43.2

42.1

46.2

38.2

51.2

50.0

56.7

50.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

68.2

73.0

72.2

73.1

69.2

81.4

74.0

73.2

56.4

63.5

61.1

51.6

62.8

64.0

67.7

64.1

Number (thousands)

9,886

3,480

7,731

9,877

680

499

464

1,367

409

78

316

361

664

340

536

833

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

8.5

10.9

6.3

8.2

13.4

14.9

12.4

14.0

28.2

45.0

29.5

27.8

20.6

23.8

19.1

22.5

1–19

16.1

13.4

13.2

12.1

13.8

8.8

11.0

12.1

21.7

14.9

18.8

29.9

17.4

13.7

16.5

15.4

20–39

21.2

17.7

19.7

15.9

22.4

11.3

19.4

15.9

15.1

9.0

15.2

11.3

16.2

20.2

13.6

13.2

40–59

18.8

19.0

19.9

14.6

13.6

13.1

15.7

11.0

10.7

10.3

11.0

6.2

10.2

8.4

10.0

10.1

60–79

14.0

11.9

16.2

14.2

9.1

11.9

11.4

8.0

9.5

0.5

10.4

3.8

11.0

8.6

11.7

8.8

80 or more

21.3

27.1

24.6

35.0

27.7

40.0

30.2

39.1

14.8

20.4

15.2

21.0

24.5

25.3

29.0

30.1

50 or more

43.8

49.0

50.0

56.5

40.9

57.8

46.6

52.5

30.3

24.4

31.2

27.4

39.8

38.2

45.8

43.0

90 or more

15.7

22.0

17.9

28.7

22.9

36.1

24.3

33.8

12.2

18.2

12.7

18.0

19.8

23.5

23.0

26.6

100

8.0

15.0

9.1

17.7

17.3

28.8

19.1

27.7

8.8

14.7

7.9

12.8

13.3

19.8

16.8

20.8

Mean proportion

47.5

51.0

51.9

57.1

48.1

58.4

51.9

55.2

33.2

29.7

34.1

32.1

43.3

42.6

47.2

45.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

51.9

57.2

55.5

62.1

55.5

68.6

59.3

64.2

46.2

53.9

48.3

44.4

54.5

56.0

58.4

59.2

Number (thousands)

9,886

3,480

7,731

9,877

680

499

464

1,367

409

78

316

361

664

340

536

833

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

83.4

86.4

82.8

86.7

80.2

90.0

79.1

88.6

89.5

80.4

85.8

89.9

91.2

92.7

88.6

95.2

1–19

4.5

2.3

4.7

3.1

5.4

2.1

5.0

2.0

3.9

5.3

4.0

5.0

1.8

1.3

1.9

1.9

20–39

4.7

3.2

4.8

4.2

3.9

2.6

4.9

2.8

4.8

4.5

6.0

1.7

2.6

2.1

4.3

0.9

40–59

4.3

4.0

4.2

2.8

4.6

0.8

4.7

2.8

0.6

2.8

2.5

0.7

2.4

1.5

3.4

1.1

60–79

2.2

2.4

2.5

1.9

3.6

2.1

4.2

2.0

0.7

0.7

0.6

2.7

1.5

1.6

1.1

0.9

80 or more

0.9

1.6

0.9

1.3

2.3

2.5

2.2

1.8

0.5

6.4

1.1

0

0.5

0.8

0.8

0.1

50 or more

5.2

5.7

5.5

4.4

9.0

5.3

9.2

4.7

1.5

9.2

2.9

2.7

3.3

3.5

3.6

1.4

90 or more

0.4

0.9

0.3

0.8

1.4

1.7

0.9

1.0

0.5

2.9

1.1

0

0.2

0.6

0

0.1

100

0

0.2

0.1

0.4

0.4

1.5

0.1

0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0.2

0

0

Mean proportion

6.3

6.4

6.5

5.5

8.7

5.2

9.1

5.4

3.3

8.9

5.2

3.3

3.6

3.4

4.7

1.7

Mean proportion (recipients only)

37.8

47.0

37.9

41.1

43.8

52.2

43.3

47.3

31.4

45.5

36.8

33.1

41.1

46.9

40.8

34.8

Number (thousands)

9,886

3,480

7,731

9,877

680

499

464

1,367

409

78

316

361

664

340

536

833

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

61.3

67.5

59.8

75.0

75.7

77.7

75.5

83.4

79.9

87.3

78.9

90.0

82.0

87.3

80.3

88.6

1–19

17.7

11.9

18.4

12.7

11.8

5.4

11.5

7.6

8.6

4.9

9.9

5.6

8.7

5.1

10.1

5.2

20–39

13.1

10.9

13.7

7.5

7.7

9.9

8.0

4.1

5.4

3.0

6.0

2.1

6.6

4.1

6.2

2.8

40–59

5.8

7.3

5.9

3.3

2.3

5.3

2.5

2.5

2.7

4.8

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.9

2.0

2.7

60–79

1.6

1.9

1.6

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.4

0.9

1.3

0

1.6

0

0.8

0.7

0.8

0.2

80 or more

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.4

1.4

0.7

1.2

1.6

2.1

0

2.0

0.8

0.3

1.0

0.5

0.6

50 or more

4.0

5.1

4.0

2.7

4.1

3.8

3.8

3.4

4.2

1.5

4.7

1.4

1.6

2.1

2.2

1.6

90 or more

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

1.2

0.4

0.9

1.5

2.1

0

2.0

0.8

0

0.5

0.2

0.6

100

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.7

0

0.3

0.8

2.1

0

2.0

0.8

0

0.5

0.2

0.6

Mean proportion

10.0

9.8

10.4

6.1

6.6

7.4

6.6

5.2

6.7

3.5

6.8

2.8

4.2

3.8

4.8

3.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

25.8

30.1

25.8

24.5

27.3

33.0

26.9

31.4

33.5

27.7

32.1

28.2

23.6

29.9

24.2

28.5

Number (thousands)

9,886

3,480

7,731

9,877

680

499

464

1,367

409

78

316

361

664

340

536

833

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

30.4

43.1

30.0

44.1

61.4

73.7

61.0

74.8

39.8

49.1

39.1

48.6

63.3

73.5

63.1

76.8

1–19

50.6

39.0

50.0

38.7

31.1

24.0

31.7

21.5

44.3

47.9

44.7

41.2

27.6

21.1

27.3

19.4

20–39

10.8

8.9

11.2

9.8

3.5

1.0

3.5

2.1

11.3

1.0

10.5

4.6

5.4

3.3

6.1

2.8

40–59

4.7

4.7

4.8

4.2

2.5

1.3

1.6

0.6

3.1

1.2

4.8

3.6

1.4

0.1

1.4

0.7

60–79

2.5

3.1

2.8

2.2

1.0

0.1

1.4

0.4

0.7

0.5

0.3

0.8

1.2

1.1

1.1

0

80 or more

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.1

0.5

0

0.8

0.7

0.8

0.4

0.6

1.1

1.0

1.0

0.9

0.3

50 or more

5.6

6.5

5.9

4.9

3.0

0.9

2.9

1.3

2.7

1.4

2.3

3.6

3.1

2.0

2.9

0.3

90 or more

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.5

0.5

0

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.5

1.1

0.8

1.0

0.9

0.2

100

0.4

0.7

0.5

0.4

0.5

0

0.8

0.5

0

0.4

0

1.1

0.6

1.0

0.9

0

Mean proportion

10.7

9.9

11.2

9.2

4.5

1.7

4.7

2.8

7.9

3.7

7.6

6.5

5.0

3.0

5.3

2.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

15.4

17.4

16.1

16.4

11.6

6.4

12.0

11.0

13.0

7.3

12.4

12.7

13.7

11.2

14.3

8.5

Number (thousands)

9,886

3,480

7,731

9,877

680

499

464

1,367

409

78

316

361

664

340

536

833

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

97.5

96.8

97.7

94.7

95.5

87.6

94.4

82.3

89.0

85.9

88.7

84.4

90.3

85.8

90.8

83.8

1–19

1.2

1.3

1.2

2.5

3.1

3.0

2.9

7.0

3.7

12.9

3.1

8.1

4.4

6.7

5.7

6.8

20–39

0.7

0.9

0.6

1.4

1.1

2.9

2.0

4.4

2.7

0

2.8

0.9

2.8

3.1

1.9

3.7

40–59

0.2

0.4

0.1

0.5

0.2

2.1

0

2.6

0.6

0

0.8

2.9

0.8

1.7

0.6

2.4

60–79

0

0.1

0

0.1

0.1

0

0.3

1.3

0.4

0

0

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.5

80 or more

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.9

0

4.4

0.3

2.5

3.5

1.2

4.5

3.2

1.2

2.3

0.7

3.0

50 or more

0.5

0.7

0.4

1.0

0.3

5.0

0.6

5.0

4.6

1.2

5.3

6.2

1.8

2.9

1.1

4.6

90 or more

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.8

0

4.2

0.3

2.4

3.5

1.2

4.5

3.2

1.2

2.3

0.7

3.0

100

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.8

0

4.2

0.3

2.3

3.5

1.2

4.5

3.0

1.2

2.3

0.7

3.0

Mean proportion

0.8

1.1

0.7

1.8

0.8

6.5

1.4

6.6

5.4

2.4

6.3

6.0

3.2

4.9

2.3

6.2

Mean proportion (recipients only)

31.6

33.9

29.9

33.2

17.1

52.7

25.1

37.1

49.6

17.2

55.7

38.4

33.2

34.4

25.5

38.1

Number (thousands)

9,886

3,480

7,731

9,877

680

499

464

1,367

409

78

316

361

664

340

536

833

NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or food stamps) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Persons 65 or OlderTable 8.B7 Percentage distribution, by source of family income and quintile of per-capita family total money income, 2006

Proportion of family income

Total

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

Earnings

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

63.5

80.5

77.4

67.8

53.3

39.2

1–19

5.6

3.5

4.8

5.5

6.7

7.3

20–39

5.7

2.6

4.4

6.3

8.5

6.7

40–59

7.4

3.4

4.2

7.2

10.9

11.0

60–79

8.9

3.8

4.8

7.3

10.8

17.5

80 or more

8.9

6.1

4.4

5.9

9.8

18.3

50 or more

21.9

11.8

10.9

17.2

27.6

41.7

90 or more

5.1

5.2

2.9

3.1

5.6

8.8

100

2.2

4.2

1.7

1.3

2.0

1.9

Mean proportion

20.5

11.5

11.4

16.5

25.4

37.2

Mean proportion (recipients only)

56.0

58.8

50.4

51.3

54.3

61.2

Number (thousands)

35,636

6,868

7,202

7,188

7,190

7,187

Retirement benefits

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

6.7

12.5

4.0

3.7

5.3

8.0

1–19

8.0

1.6

2.5

4.1

7.7

23.9

20–39

12.3

4.6

5.0

9.0

15.5

27.0

40–59

11.2

5.0

7.3

11.5

17.8

14.2

60–79

13.2

8.2

11.5

17.3

18.1

10.5

80 or more

48.6

68.1

69.7

54.2

35.5

16.4

50 or more

67.2

78.9

85.4

77.2

62.0

33.1

90 or more

40.9

62.2

61.1

44.0

27.0

10.9

100

21.5

43.3

34.6

18.5

8.8

3.3

Mean proportion

66.3

76.5

81.3

73.1

60.7

40.4

Mean proportion (recipients only)

71.1

87.4

84.7

75.9

64.2

44.0

Number (thousands)

35,636

6,868

7,202

7,188

7,190

7,187

Social Security

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

9.3

15.6

5.7

5.3

8.2

12.1

1–19

14.0

2.1

3.7

6.5

13.7

43.5

20–39

18.4

5.7

7.7

14.7

27.6

35.8

40–59

17.1

5.8

10.7

24.1

37.1

7.0

60–79

13.7

10.0

18.2

29.0

10.0

1.0

80 or more

27.5

60.8

54.0

20.3

3.3

0.7

50 or more

49.2

74.0

78.2

62.5

29.4

3.2

90 or more

21.7

53.1

41.6

12.1

2.3

0.6

100

13.2

36.9

23.1

5.5

1.1

0.3

Mean proportion

51.5

71.1

72.6

56.3

38.3

20.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

56.8

84.3

77.0

59.5

41.7

22.8

Number (thousands)

35,636

6,868

7,202

7,188

7,190

7,187

Government employee pensions

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

84.8

95.9

92.7

85.3

78.1

72.5

1–19

3.8

1.6

1.9

3.5

4.4

7.8

20–39

4.3

1.2

2.2

4.6

5.8

7.6

40–59

3.6

0.5

1.3

3.8

6.7

5.7

60–79

2.2

0.4

1.1

1.7

3.4

4.5

80 or more

1.2

0.4

0.8

1.0

1.6

1.9

50 or more

5.2

1.0

2.3

4.5

8.2

9.5

90 or more

0.6

0.3

0.6

0.4

0.9

0.9

100

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.1

Mean proportion

6.1

1.4

3.0

5.7

9.4

10.7

Mean proportion (recipients only)

40.0

35.0

40.8

39.2

42.8

38.8

Number (thousands)

35,636

6,868

7,202

7,188

7,190

7,187

Private pensions or annuities

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

67.8

88.9

74.6

57.5

56.2

62.9

1–19

14.7

5.6

15.1

17.8

16.2

18.5

20–39

10.5

2.2

7.3

18.0

15.5

9.3

40–59

4.9

1.1

2.1

5.6

10.2

5.3

60–79

1.4

0.6

0.5

0.7

1.5

3.8

80 or more

0.6

1.5

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.2

50 or more

3.7

2.6

1.6

2.6

5.3

6.4

90 or more

0.5

1.4

0.3

0.2

0.4

0.1

100

0.2

0.6

0.3

0.2

0.1

0

Mean proportion

8.4

3.6

5.3

10.8

12.7

9.6

Mean proportion (recipients only)

26.3

32.8

20.9

25.4

28.9

26.0

Number (thousands)

35,636

6,868

7,202

7,188

7,190

7,187

Income from assets

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

39.3

69.6

51.6

36.2

25.5

14.9

1–19

43.6

25.0

40.1

49.0

53.2

49.9

20–39

9.5

2.7

6.3

11.1

13.5

13.8

40–59

4.3

0.4

1.6

3.0

5.6

10.4

60–79

2.3

0.3

0.2

0.4

1.8

8.6

80 or more

1.0

2.1

0.2

0.3

0.3

2.3

50 or more

5.1

2.6

0.7

2.1

4.3

15.8

90 or more

0.6

1.9

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.6

100

0.4

1.9

0.1

0.2

0

0.1

Mean proportion

9.5

4.2

4.6

7.7

10.8

20.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

15.7

13.7

9.5

12.0

14.5

23.6

Number (thousands)

35,636

6,868

7,202

7,188

7,190

7,187

Cash public assistance

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

95.5

86.9

95.6

97.1

98.6

98.8

1–19

2.1

4.1

1.9

2.1

1.1

1.2

20–39

1.2

3.2

1.9

0.5

0.2

0.1

40–59

0.5

1.6

0.4

0.3

0

0

60–79

0.1

0.5

0

0

0.1

0

80 or more

0.8

3.8

0.1

0.1

0

0

50 or more

1.0

4.8

0.3

0.2

0.1

0

90 or more

0.7

3.7

0.1

0.1

0

0

100

0.7

3.7

0.1

0

0

0

Mean proportion

1.6

6.2

1.1

0.5

0.2

0.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

34.7

47.2

24.7

17.9

13.6

6.1

Number (thousands)

35,636

6,868

7,202

7,188

7,190

7,187

NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

Per-capita family total money income quintile limits are $10,466, $15,183, $21,411, and $34,193.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or food stamps) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Persons 65 or OlderTable 8.B8 Percentage distribution, by source of family income, number of persons in family, and quintile of per-capita family total money income, 2006

Proportion of family income

Total

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

Earnings

Persons in 1-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

83.7

96.9

94.8

89.2

77.3

58.8

1–19

2.7

1.1

1.9

2.1

3.4

5.1

20–39

2.8

0.2

1.4

2.8

5.2

4.5

40–59

3.4

0.7

1.0

2.8

6.3

6.8

60–79

3.6

0

0.1

1.2

3.9

13.4

80 or more

3.8

1.2

0.8

2.0

4.0

11.4

50 or more

9.2

1.4

1.1

4.7

11.5

28.6

90 or more

2.8

1.2

0.8

1.8

3.8

6.8

100

1.7

1.0

0.6

1.6

2.7

2.8

Mean proportion

8.9

1.7

1.9

5.2

11.5

25.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

54.4

52.5

37.0

47.6

50.8

60.9

Number (thousands)

11,655

2,298

2,520

2,287

2,315

2,236

Persons in 2-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

64.1

88.4

82.0

70.1

51.7

35.0

1–19

7.3

3.6

6.8

7.5

9.4

8.5

20–39

6.5

2.5

3.8

7.4

10.0

7.9

40–59

7.7

1.6

3.1

6.3

13.0

13.0

60–79

7.8

1.2

2.4

5.7

10.0

17.6

80 or more

6.7

2.8

1.9

2.9

5.9

18.1

50 or more

18.7

4.7

5.9

11.8

24.4

42.3

90 or more

3.6

2.5

1.4

1.8

3.6

7.9

100

1.3

1.8

1.3

0.8

1.2

1.3

Mean proportion

18.1

5.4

6.8

12.7

23.0

38.4

Mean proportion (recipients only)

50.3

46.1

37.6

42.5

47.7

59.1

Number (thousands)

18,802

3,250

3,689

3,909

3,778

4,176

Persons in families of 3 or more

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

15.8

32.6

16.4

9.1

8.0

6.0

1–19

5.8

7.6

4.5

5.4

4.4

6.9

20–39

9.8

7.2

14.3

10.2

10.7

6.4

40–59

15.2

12.7

16.9

21.1

13.3

12.5

60–79

24.9

17.1

25.3

27.9

28.1

29.1

80 or more

28.6

22.8

22.6

26.4

35.5

39.2

50 or more

62.3

47.4

54.8

67.2

72.5

76.4

90 or more

15.9

18.7

13.5

11.4

16.3

19.2

100

6.7

15.4

6.0

2.6

3.1

2.9

Mean proportion

55.3

43.6

52.5

58.0

62.6

65.2

Mean proportion (recipients only)

65.7

64.6

62.8

63.7

68.0

69.3

Number (thousands)

5,179

1,321

993

992

1,097

776

Retirement benefits

Persons in 1-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

5.3

10.7

1.9

2.1

4.3

8.1

1–19

2.7

0.4

0.1

0.6

0.8

12.1

20–39

7.6

0.7

0.5

3.6

8.0

26.2

40–59

9.5

2.7

3.9

8.9

17.7

15.1

60–79

12.2

6.9

9.2

14.6

18.8

11.8

80 or more

62.7

78.6

84.5

70.3

50.4

26.8

50 or more

79.9

87.0

96.6

89.3

78.7

45.7

90 or more

55.3

73.6

78.6

60.6

40.5

20.0

100

33.9

57.0

53.2

32.7

17.0

7.5

Mean proportion

77.0

83.8

91.6

84.1

72.9

50.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

81.3

93.7

93.3

85.9

76.2

54.9

Number (thousands)

11,655

2,298

2,520

2,287

2,315

2,236

Persons in 2-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

5.0

8.7

2.4

2.7

4.1

7.5

1–19

7.2

0.4

0.7

1.8

4.8

25.6

20–39

11.6

2.0

3.1

6.8

16.1

27.2

40–59

11.6

4.1

6.9

11.3

19.3

15.1

60–79

14.7

7.6

12.9

20.7

20.4

11.0

80 or more

49.8

77.2

74.1

56.8

35.2

13.6

50 or more

69.8

86.8

90.8

83.1

63.9

31.0

90 or more

40.6

70.9

62.3

44.7

25.6

7.8

100

18.5

46.2

30.2

14.5

6.1

1.5

Mean proportion

68.2

83.7

85.2

76.5

62.4

38.8

Mean proportion (recipients only)

71.8

91.6

87.3

78.6

65.1

41.9

Number (thousands)

18,802

3,250

3,689

3,909

3,778

4,176

Persons in families of 3 or more

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

15.7

25.0

15.5

11.6

11.7

10.8

1–19

22.9

6.5

15.1

21.6

32.5

48.9

20–39

25.3

17.7

23.9

30.5

29.3

27.9

40–59

13.5

11.3

17.4

18.8

12.5

6.7

60–79

9.9

12.1

12.3

10.5

8.9

4.0

80 or more

12.7

27.4

15.8

7.1

5.0

1.7

50 or more

29.2

45.4

37.1

26.0

20.1

8.7

90 or more

9.3

20.9

12.7

3.1

3.6

1.0

100

4.5

12.5

3.7

1.5

1.0

0.7

Mean proportion

35.5

46.4

41.0

34.4

29.3

20.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

42.1

61.9

48.5

38.9

33.2

22.8

Number (thousands)

5,179

1,321

993

992

1,097

776

Social Security

Persons in 1-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

8.2

13.3

3.7

3.7

6.9

13.8

1–19

7.0

0.3

0.8

1.6

4.2

29.3

20–39

13.3

1.1

1.9

7.0

16.9

41.1

40–59

16.5

3.2

5.7

15.6

46.8

11.7

60–79

14.4

8.3

12.7

31.2

17.6

2.0

80 or more

40.8

73.9

75.2

40.9

7.5

2.2

50 or more

63.6

83.9

92.2

80.2

50.8

6.9

90 or more

34.1

66.7

65.2

27.8

5.4

2.0

100

22.7

51.3

42.7

13.7

2.7

0.9

Mean proportion

62.6

80.1

85.6

70.4

48.7

24.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

68.1

92.3

88.9

73.1

52.3

28.9

Number (thousands)

11,655

2,298

2,520

2,287

2,315

2,236

Persons in 2-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

7.5

12.5

3.8

3.9

7.0

10.8

1–19

13.7

1.0

1.5

4.2

10.2

46.3

20–39

19.6

2.9

6.5

13.9

33.6

36.7

40–59

18.8

5.1

12.0

30.7

39.6

5.4

60–79

15.4

10.8

23.9

34.0

7.9

0.7

80 or more

25.1

67.6

52.4

13.3

1.6

0

50 or more

48.9

81.5

82.5

65.0

23.8

1.6

90 or more

18.6

59.2

35.3

6.0

1.0

0

100

10.2

38.2

15.6

2.1

0.4

0

Mean proportion

51.3

77.1

74.3

55.8

37.7

19.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

55.5

88.0

77.3

58.0

40.5

21.3

Number (thousands)

18,802

3,250

3,689

3,909

3,778

4,176

Persons in families of 3 or more

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

18.5

27.5

17.6

14.6

15.0

14.1

1–19

30.9

7.8

18.9

27.3

46.1

68.8

20–39

25.8

20.5

27.0

35.4

29.5

15.6

40–59

12.1

12.0

18.8

18.1

8.2

1.6

60–79

6.0

11.0

11.4

3.9

1.2

0

80 or more

6.7

21.2

6.3

0.7

0

0

50 or more

17.9

38.4

26.4

11.5

3.3

0.9

90 or more

4.7

14.3

5.2

0

0

0

100

2.5

8.7

1.4

0

0

0

Mean proportion

27.5

40.8

33.4

26.1

18.5

11.5

Mean proportion (recipients only)

33.7

56.4

40.5

30.5

21.8

13.4

Number (thousands)

5,179

1,321

993

992

1,097

776

Government employee pensions

Persons in 1-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

86.8

96.8

95.2

90.0

81.3

69.7

1–19

1.9

1.3

0.6

1.3

1.5

5.2

20–39

3.6

0.8

1.0

3.6

4.7

8.4

40–59

3.3

0.4

0.9

2.1

6.7

6.7

60–79

2.5

0.3

1.2

2.4

2.6

5.9

80 or more

1.9

0.3

1.1

0.6

3.3

4.1

50 or more

5.7

0.8

2.5

3.7

8.2

14.0

90 or more

1.1

0.2

1.0

0.3

1.9

2.4

100

0.5

0.1

0.8

0.3

0.9

0.3

Mean proportion

6.3

1.1

2.8

4.5

9.6

14.2

Mean proportion (recipients only)

48.1

34.3

57.1

45.1

51.4

47.0

Number (thousands)

11,655

2,298

2,520

2,287

2,315

2,236

Persons in 2-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

82.7

95.2

91.2

82.3

75.6

72.4

1–19

4.5

1.8

2.6

3.8

4.8

8.5

20–39

4.9

1.3

2.7

5.5

6.3

7.9

40–59

4.3

0.6

1.6

5.2

7.8

5.6

60–79

2.6

0.4

1.4

1.6

4.4

4.4

80 or more

1.0

0.7

0.6

1.6

1.1

1.1

50 or more

5.7

1.4

2.7

5.7

9.7

8.3

90 or more

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.7

0.5

0.2

100

0.1

0.3

0

0.1

0

0

Mean proportion

6.7

1.8

3.3

7.1

10.4

9.9

Mean proportion (recipients only)

39.1

37.6

37.5

40.3

42.7

36.0

Number (thousands)

18,802

3,250

3,689

3,909

3,778

4,176

Persons in families of 3 or more

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

87.8

96.1

91.8

86.5

80.2

80.8

1–19

5.9

1.7

2.5

7.2

8.8

11.4

20–39

3.7

1.4

3.8

3.6

6.6

3.7

40–59

1.9

0.3

1.4

2.2

2.8

3.5

60–79

0.6

0.4

0

0.5

1.4

0.6

80 or more

0.2

0.1

0.6

0

0.2

0

50 or more

1.8

0.7

0.6

2.0

3.0

3.1

90 or more

0.1

0.1

0

0

0.2

0

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mean proportion

3.1

1.1

2.4

3.1

5.2

4.4

Mean proportion (recipients only)

25.3

27.8

29.5

23.2

26.1

23.1

Number (thousands)

5,179

1,321

993

992

1,097

776

Private pensions or annuities

Persons in 1-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

73.3

92.9

85.8

65.0

55.8

65.5

1–19

10.6

3.8

10.1

14.5

12.2

12.6

20–39

8.9

1.2

2.7

15.3

16.4

9.6

40–59

5.0

0.5

0.6

3.9

13.8

6.7

60–79

1.5

0.3

0.2

0.7

1.3

5.2

80 or more

0.7

1.2

0.5

0.7

0.5

0.5

50 or more

4.0

1.7

0.7

3.1

6.1

8.8

90 or more

0.5

1.2

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.3

100

0.3

0.7

0.3

0.3

0.3

0

Mean proportion

7.8

2.3

2.6

9.0

14.3

11.3

Mean proportion (recipients only)

29.2

32.7

18.7

25.7

32.3

32.7

Number (thousands)

11,655

2,298

2,520

2,287

2,315

2,236

Persons in 2-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

62.9

87.3

66.9

50.3

53.2

60.8

1–19

16.5

6.5

18.8

18.8

16.4

20.4

20–39

12.8

2.4

9.9

22.2

17.7

10.1

40–59

5.5

0.9

3.2

7.5

10.3

5.0

60–79

1.7

0.9

0.9

0.9

1.7

3.7

80 or more

0.6

1.9

0.4

0.3

0.7

0.1

50 or more

4.1

3.2

2.2

2.8

5.9

6.1

90 or more

0.5

1.8

0.4

0.1

0.5

0

100

0.2

0.7

0.3

0

0.1

0

Mean proportion

9.9

4.3

7.2

13.3

13.8

9.7

Mean proportion (recipients only)

26.5

33.7

21.7

26.7

29.5

24.9

Number (thousands)

18,802

3,250

3,689

3,909

3,778

4,176

Persons in families of 3 or more

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

73.7

85.9

74.9

68.4

67.5

67.0

1–19

17.2

6.3

13.8

21.7

23.8

25.4

20–39

6.1

3.4

9.5

7.6

6.0

4.8

40–59

2.2

2.8

1.5

2.0

1.9

2.8

60–79

0.3

0.6

0

0

0.9

0

80 or more

0.4

1.0

0.4

0.3

0

0

50 or more

1.5

2.7

1.4

0.5

1.3

0.9

90 or more

0.2

0.5

0

0.3

0

0

100

0.1

0.2

0

0.3

0

0

Mean proportion

4.8

4.3

5.0

5.1

5.4

4.2

Mean proportion (recipients only)

18.3

30.8

19.9

16.2

16.6

12.7

Number (thousands)

5,179

1,321

993

992

1,097

776

Income from assets

Persons in 1-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

46.8

74.8

61.9

43.6

30.9

20.9

1–19

35.0

18.1

30.3

40.6

44.4

41.9

20–39

9.5

3.5

5.7

10.3

15.4

12.8

40–59

4.8

0.5

1.6

4.3

6.3

11.6

60–79

2.6

0.4

0.1

0.8

2.5

9.6

80 or more

1.3

2.5

0.3

0.4

0.4

3.1

50 or more

6.0

3.2

0.6

3.3

5.0

18.6

90 or more

0.7

2.2

0.3

0.3

0.1

0.8

100

0.6

2.2

0.2

0.3

0

0.3

Mean proportion

9.9

4.9

4.1

8.1

12.1

21.2

Mean proportion (recipients only)

18.6

19.4

10.7

14.4

17.4

26.8

Number (thousands)

11,655

2,298

2,520

2,287

2,315

2,236

Persons in 2-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

32.5

63.9

43.5

30.2

20.7

11.1

1–19

48.4

30.3

46.5

53.4

56.3

52.4

20–39

10.9

2.8

7.7

12.9

14.7

14.9

40–59

4.7

0.4

2.0

2.9

6.2

10.7

60–79

2.4

0.3

0.2

0.3

1.8

8.5

80 or more

1.1

2.4

0.2

0.3

0.4

2.3

50 or more

5.5

2.9

0.9

1.8

4.5

15.8

90 or more

0.6

2.4

0

0.3

0.2

0.6

100

0.5

2.4

0

0.3

0

0.1

Mean proportion

10.7

4.7

5.5

8.4

11.6

21.0

Mean proportion (recipients only)

15.8

13.1

9.8

12.1

14.6

23.6

Number (thousands)

18,802

3,250

3,689

3,909

3,778

4,176

Persons in families of 3 or more

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

47.0

74.3

55.5

42.6

30.7

18.2

1–19

45.6

23.8

41.3

51.2

60.6

59.9

20–39

4.8

1.0

3.0

5.6

5.7

10.9

40–59

1.4

0.3

0

0.6

2.2

5.4

60–79

1.0

0.2

0.1

0

0.7

5.6

80 or more

0.1

0.4

0

0

0.1

0

50 or more

1.8

0.6

0.1

0.1

2.3

7.3

90 or more

0.1

0.3

0

0

0.1

0

100

0

0.1

0

0

0

0

Mean proportion

4.5

1.6

2.3

3.7

5.5

12.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

8.5

6.1

5.2

6.5

7.9

14.8

Number (thousands)

5,179

1,321

993

992

1,097

776

Cash public assistance

Persons in 1-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

95.8

85.2

96.8

98.2

99.3

99.4

1–19

1.4

4.5

1.1

0.7

0.3

0.5

20–39

1.0

2.9

1.4

0.4

0.1

0.1

40–59

0.4

1.2

0.5

0.5

0

0

60–79

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.2

0

80 or more

1.2

5.9

0.2

0.1

0

0

50 or more

1.6

6.7

0.7

0.4

0.2

0

90 or more

1.2

5.8

0.2

0.1

0

0

100

1.2

5.7

0.2

0

0

0

Mean proportion

2.0

8.0

1.1

0.5

0.2

0.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

46.7

53.7

33.8

30.4

32.2

11.5

Number (thousands)

11,655

2,298

2,520

2,287

2,315

2,236

Persons in 2-person families

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

97.0

90.3

96.7

98.0

99.1

99.4

1–19

1.0

2.3

0.8

1.1

0.7

0.5

20–39

0.9

1.9

2.1

0.6

0.2

0.1

40–59

0.4

1.8

0.4

0.2

0

0

60–79

0.1

0.4

0.1

0

0

0

80 or more

0.6

3.2

0

0.1

0

0

50 or more

0.8

4.4

0.1

0.1

0

0

90 or more

0.6

3.2

0

0.1

0

0

100

0.5

3.2

0

0

0

0

Mean proportion

1.2

5.2

0.9

0.4

0.1

0.1

Mean proportion (recipients only)

39.7

54.0

27.3

22.3

13.5

8.8

Number (thousands)

18,802

3,250

3,689

3,909

3,778

4,176

Persons in families of 3 or more

Total percent

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

0

89.3

81.3

88.7

90.5

95.6

93.4

1–19

7.2

7.9

8.0

9.3

4.3

6.6

20–39

2.4

7.0

2.8

0.2

0.1

0

40–59

0.5

1.7

0.5

0

0

0

60–79

0.2

0.8

0

0

0

0

80 or more

0.4

1.4

0

0

0

0

50 or more

0.7

2.7

0.3

0

0

0

90 or more

0.3

1.3

0

0

0

0

100

0.3

1.3

0

0

0

0

Mean proportion

2.0

5.5

1.7

0.8

0.3

0.2

Mean proportion (recipients only)

18.8

29.5

15.3

8.7

7.6

3.6

Number (thousands)

5,179

1,321

993

992

1,097

776

NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.

Per-capita family total money income quintile limits are $10,466, $15,183, $21,411, and $34,193.

The relative importance of a source of income may not accurately reflect the resources available to elderly persons or elderly aged units. The survey on which these data are based does not include some potentially important resources as income, including lump-sum pension payments and capital gains. In addition, these statistics do not take into consideration noncash benefits that supplement money income (housing and energy subsidies or food stamps) or the amount of savings available to supplement monthly income. Consult the Frequently Asked Questions for further information.

Relative Importance of Family Income Sources for Persons 65 or OlderTable 8.B9 Percentage distribution, by source of family income, sex, and ratio of family total money income to the poverty threshold, 2006